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Earliest evidence for intentional cremation of human remains in Africa. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Cerezo-Román JI, Sawchuk E, Schilt F, Bertacchi A, Buckley G, Chibisa E, Fahey BP, Falchenberg SGH, Kaliba P, Kennett DJ, Mercader J, Pargeter J, Stock J, Szymanski R, Thompson JC.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The birth of an earth being: ‘Rights of nature’ in Brazilian Amazonia and elsewhere Naissance d'un être de la terre : « droits de la nature » en Amazonie brésilienne et ailleurs

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
wiley   +1 more source

Determination of the temporal-spatial pattern distribution and evolution of industrial heritage in Northeast China and its influencing factors. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Ban Y, Chen J, Liu C, Wang J, Liu J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Boredom, despondency, and the scourge that lays waste at noon: an anthropology of acedia Ennui, abattement et le fléau qui frappe à midi : une anthropologie de l'acédie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Attentive to the ways that inertia can take hold of life, Catholic monks recognize despondency as a potential not only within the monastery, but in contemporary society more widely. Such experiences are regularly mapped onto an understanding of what early Christian monks termed ‘acedia’ (a Greek term that can be translated as ‘lack of care’). Taking as
Richard D.G. Irvine
wiley   +1 more source

A bone tool used by neanderthal for flaying carcasses at the Abri du Maras (France). [PDF]

Sci Rep
Doyon L, Hernando JM, Moncel MH, Richard M, Arnaud V, d'Errico F.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Introduction: Towards a linguistic anthropology of AI Introduction : vers une anthropologie linguistique de l'IA

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This essay introduces the themed cluster of articles, ‘Towards a linguistic anthropology of AI’. The advent of artificial intelligence (AI), especially in large language models capable of producing coherent discourse mimicking conversational interaction, is exerting unprecedented pressure on prevailing concepts of language, personhood, and the human ...
Webb Keane, Constantine V. Nakassis
wiley   +1 more source

From the jaws of the "Leviathan": A sperm whale tooth from the Valencina Copper Age Megasite. [PDF]

PLoS One
Ramírez-Cruzado Aguilar-Galindo S, Luciañez-Triviño M, Muñiz Guinea F, Cáceres Puro LM, Toscano Grande A, Díaz-Guardamino M, Vargas Jiménez JM, Schuhmacher TX, Martínez Sánchez RM, Guillamón Dávila S, Rodríguez Vidal J, García Sanjuán L.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Exploring Bedfordshire's Past: Your county, your heritage [PDF]

, 2007
Calver, S.J., Johnston, Nicky
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From talking tools to metahumans: social interaction, semiotic skill, and the authority of AI chatbots Des outils parlants aux métahumains : interactions sociales, compétences sémiotiques et autorité des robots conversationnels

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
What does it take to turn a tool into a talking tool and that into an ultimate authority? Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in its diverse forms, such as large language models (LLMs), is celebrated as a useful tool. But LLM‐based conversational agents, or chatbots, the software applications through which ordinary users are likely to engage ...
Webb Keane
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding the history of the late Roman synagogue at Huqoq in Israel's Galilee through radiocarbon dating and observations on site formation. [PDF]

PLoS One
Mizzi D, Schindler D, Boaretto E, Chazan M, Magness J.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source