New in @SciReports: A ~75,000-year-old Shanidar Neanderthal has a 15 mm hole in the scapula—possibly the earliest clear evidence of a wooden spear killing. May be a deliberate blow to the heart, though a hunting accident is possible. Open access: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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#just_published - the long-awaited report on seasons 2024-5 of the Badia Epigraphic Survey! It is filled with inscriptions, archaeology, and heritage management, including the excavation of site MH09, where the "allāh" inscription comes from. Find more: www.academia.edu/178903861/Al...

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We thank Dr Carol Palmer for generously gifting a copy of her newly published book, Peasant Agriculture in the Jerusalem Hills, to the CBRL Amman Library.

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⚠️ New Paper! 📣 Egalitarianism has been tied to hunter-gatherer subsistence - but is that justified? In synthesising 30 expert commentaries, we argue that the processes underwriting hunter-gatherer egalitarianism appear in most all human societies; though their efficacy is context dependent.

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Rad, a seven-year-old visitor from Hormozgan, practices photographing stone tools in the Paleolithic Department of the National Museum of Iran. A future researcher in the making. Shared with permission. #NationalMuseumOfIran #Paleolithic #StoneTools #MuseumEducation

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