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<strong>Ancient Egyptian scribes and specific skeletal occupational risk markers (Abusir, Old Kingdom)</strong>

"_Our research reveals that remaining in a cross-legged sitting or kneeling position for extended periods, and the repetitive tasks related to writing and the adjusting of the rush pens during scribal activity, caused the extreme overloading of the jaw, neck and shoulder regions._"

Brukner Havelková, P., Dulíková, V., Bejdová, Š. et al. Ancient Egyptian scribes and specific skeletal occupational risk markers (Abusir, Old Kingdom). Sci Rep 14, 13317 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-63549-z

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Anthropology #Science #Genetics #Ancient #Egypt #Writing #Academia #Academic #Academics @science @archaeodons @anthropology

<strong>The problem with long term investments</strong>

"_If, in 1970, you invested $100 in a fund tracking the S&P index, then by 2023 the investment would have grown to $22,000, far more than it would have in other assets such as real estate or government and corporate bonds. Case closed, right? Put your money into an index fund and simply leave it there._"

https://blog.datawrapper.de/long-term-investments/

#Data #DataViz #Chart #Graph #Investment #Finance #Business #Economics #Economy @economics

<strong>How To Think Like a Philosopher</strong>

"_Throughout history, philosophers have tackled a number of questions, but on the side they have provided something almost as valuable - an implicit guide on how to think like some of the brightest minds in history. And that is what we shall be exploring today._"

🎥 #Video length: twenty five minutes and forty one seconds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghQVwjXhZ2Y

#Philosophy @philosophy

<strong>Finance Theory I</strong>

"_Topics include functions of capital markets and financial intermediaries, asset valuation, fixed-income securities, common stocks, capital budgeting, diversification and portfolio selection, equilibrium pricing of risky assets, the theory of efficient markets, and an introduction to derivatives and options._"

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/15-401-finance-theory-i-fall-2008/

#Finance #Business #Economics #MIT #OpenCourseWare #Course #OpenCourse #Academia #Academic #Academics @economics

<strong>The Invisible Workers Behind AI: Exposing Underpaid Tech Labor</strong>

"_Meet the invisible workforce behind tech giants like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Uber. These underpaid and disposable workers label images, moderate content, and train AI systems, often earning less than minimum wage. Their work is essential yet remains in the shadows, unacknowledged by the companies that depend on them._"

🎥#Video length: fifty two minutes and forty one seconds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPSZFUiElls

#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Technology #Tech #Documentary #Internet #Corporations #Labour #Labor @ai

<strong>Arabic Loanwords in Hebrew</strong>

"_The influence of Arabic, both spoken (in innumerable dialects, including those spoken by Jews) and written, took place in the mediaeval and modern periods of Hebrew; its vocabulary forms more than half of the Hebrew lexicon, according to the renowned dictionary of Abraham Even-Shoshan (Rosenstein, 1906–1984). The approximately 8,000 lexical items in the Bible are not sufficient to entirely meet the needs of either a written language or a spoken one._"

Shehadeh, H. (2011) “Arabic Loanwords in Hebrew”, Studia Orientalia Electronica, 111, pp. 327–344. Available at: https://journal.fi/store/article/view/9316 (Accessed: 25June2024).

#OpenAccess #OA #PeerReview #Language #Languages #Linguistics #Arabic #Hebrew #Loanwords #Levant #MiddleEast #Asia #Academia #Academic #Academics @linguistics

<strong>Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines</strong>

"_Our analysis suggests that this genetic distinction is due to a European-related gene flow introduced in Ashkelon during either the end of the Bronze Age or the beginning of the Iron Age. This timing is in accord with estimates of the Philistines arrival to the coast of the Levant, based on archeological and textual records (2–4)._"

Michal Feldman et al., Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines. Sci. Adv.5, eaax0061 (2019). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax0061

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Anthropology #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Science #Archaeogenetics #Ancient #DNA #Genetics #IronAge #BronzeAge #Philistines #Ashkelon #NearEast #Levant #MiddleEast #Asia @science @anthropology @archaeodons

<strong>Indigenous Arabs are descendants of the earliest split from ancient Eurasian populations</strong>

"_The Arabian Peninsula was the initial site of the out-of-Africa migrations that occurred between 125,000 and 60,000 yr ago, leading to the hypothesis that the first Eurasian populations were established on the Peninsula and that contemporary indigenous Arabs are direct descendants of these ancient peoples._"

Rodriguez-Flores, J.L. et al. (2016) 'Indigenous Arabs are descendants of the earliest split from ancient Eurasian populations,' Genome Research, 26(2), pp. 151–162. https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.191478.115.

#OpenAccess #OA #Reserach #Article #DOI #Science #Genetics #Genome #Ancient #DNA #Arab #Arabs #MiddleEast #Asia #Eurasia #Eurasian #Academia #Academic #Academics @science

<strong>Geological archives predict our climate future</strong>

"_By analysing 56-million-year-old sediments, a UNIGE team has measured the increase in soil erosion caused by global warming, synonymous with major flooding._"

https://www.unige.ch/medias/en/2024/des-archives-geologiques-predisent-notre-avenir-climatique

#Future #News #Geology #Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Environment #Flooding @climatechange @environment

I knew this week would not be easy and we are only on Monday.

Are there any new developments regarding #QOTO?

<strong>The Future’s Building Blocks | FT Rethink</strong>

"_Every week, a new area the size of Paris is being built - so how can we choose greener materials to build with? Will they stand the test of time and how efficient are they?_"

#Video length: three minutes and three seconds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X9V9_nekXU

#FT #Building #Construction #Sustainability #Environment @environment

<strong>5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About</strong>

"_Gerardus Mercator is perhaps well-known for all the wrong reasons. His last name evokes the infamous Mercator projection, which depicts the world in a distorted way. The projection has been criticized for putting Europe at the center of the world and favoring the northern hemisphere by making countries there appear bigger than they are in reality._"

Perpuli, Francisco. "5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About" TheCollector.com, https://www.thecollector.com/famous-cartographers-know-about/ (accessed Jun 24, 2024).

#History #Map #Maps #Cartography #Histodon #Histodons @histodon @histodons