Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes

So weird.

It's in the thread!

FYI I think your newsletter has stopped coming to my email

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Just been writing about this object actually!

What even is the point of such captions?! The figure would have to be so simple in order not to require editing

Greyscale diagram of northwestern Europe with arrows detailing movement and interaction of material cultures linked to Bell Beaker and Corded Ware around the Rhone-Rhine corridor.

I put this figure of Needham's model of a Bell Beaker/Corded Ware fusion into PowerPoint, and I kid you not the auto-generated caption was 'Map of the Battle of Brexit'.

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A suit ! Rare Jim plumage

Ah there is actually something interesting in the babies idea which I also write about , but I agree it seems a stretch for the prime driver

🏺 🐺 🐕 My pet theory is that wolves' musicality and ability to sing WITH PEOPLE is a key reason why we were mutually attracted - domestication through shared aesthetic sensibility, not merely economics of being good at hunting or guarding or pulling sleds...
(this is going to be in #Matriarcha 📚)

Sorry to miss you, I'm down there tomorrow!

It's not the same as religion either, because it's not a search for origins, or purpose. More a desire to relate, but to another kind of entity entirely.

Oh wow ok

I nearly put in a caveat about pets!
But I think it's more than TOM... something else is there; we want to meet The Other, a consciousness 'beyond animalia', experience a connection that both defines and transcends what we are.

It fascinates me that humans want this connection so much. It's SETI on planet Earth.
And that there's an openness to consciousness in machines, but less so* to identifying it in most sentient, intelligent, socially complex non-human animals.

*I'm talking public, not researchers in either case

🏺 🐺 🐕 My pet theory is that wolves' musicality and ability to sing WITH PEOPLE is a key reason why we were mutually attracted - domestication through shared aesthetic sensibility, not merely economics of being good at hunting or guarding or pulling sleds...
(this is going to be in #Matriarcha 📚)

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12th March

I think it's been inflammatory and unhelpful to all stakeholders. Not representative of the institutional reality, either in terms of what's practically and ethically possible, or of the real attitude & activities of professionals who actually curate the material.

It fascinates me that humans want this connection so much. It's SETI on planet Earth.
And that there's an openness to consciousness in machines, but less so* to identifying it in most sentient, intelligent, socially complex non-human animals.

*I'm talking public, not researchers in either case

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I also interpreted this as them counting every fragment vs every individual. Kind of incoherent in the way it's being presented to the public tbh. And I'm not sure what it's achieving

Australopithecus pyromancis

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❤️ this - for embodied creatures with curious minds, some materials offer sensually-exciting experiences.
*Sorting* of diff pebbles by rock type (even if just one) v. interesting.
And yet... at Abri des Merveilles, #Neanderthals treated their crystal tools the same as other rocks.
#Technaesthetics 🏺

I didn't! But I'll look out next time I'm in town!

Ah this sounds great!

Sounda delightful!

Excellent thank you