Mike Harvison
@mikeharvison.bsky.social
Decolonizing & Matrifying my mind, nondualist,
#Pro-Feminist, #HeForShe
Studying the intersection of human origins, matriarchy, mythology and the future of humanity.
Hunter-Gatherer of songs.
320 ppm of CO₂ years old. “Eppur si muove”
#Pro-Feminist, #HeForShe
Studying the intersection of human origins, matriarchy, mythology and the future of humanity.
Hunter-Gatherer of songs.
320 ppm of CO₂ years old. “Eppur si muove”
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Mike Harvison
@mikeharvison.bsky.social
· Nov 12
“The goal of any truly advanced civilization will be to raise a generation of children that have never been subjected to disfunction.” — me
Until we find evidence of Denisovan burials I will suspect that the Neanderthal burials are associated in place and time with the influence of the Homo Sapien lineage.
Neanderthals sometimes buried their dead — intentionally.
Not every death.
Not always ritual.
But clearly deliberate in some cases.
👉 Why do you think they did it?
#Neanderthals #Burial #DeepHistory #HumanOrigins #Anthropology
Not every death.
Not always ritual.
But clearly deliberate in some cases.
👉 Why do you think they did it?
#Neanderthals #Burial #DeepHistory #HumanOrigins #Anthropology
January 7, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Until we find evidence of Denisovan burials I will suspect that the Neanderthal burials are associated in place and time with the influence of the Homo Sapien lineage.
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Tues Jan 13, 6:30pm
Chris Knight
An Australian Myth: the Moon and the Origins of Death
All welcome
LIVE in Daryll Forde Room, 2nd Floor, UCL Anthropology Dept, 14 Taviton St, WC1H 0BW
ZOOM ID 952 8554 1412 passcode Wawilak
Chris Knight
An Australian Myth: the Moon and the Origins of Death
All welcome
LIVE in Daryll Forde Room, 2nd Floor, UCL Anthropology Dept, 14 Taviton St, WC1H 0BW
ZOOM ID 952 8554 1412 passcode Wawilak
January 7, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Tues Jan 13, 6:30pm
Chris Knight
An Australian Myth: the Moon and the Origins of Death
All welcome
LIVE in Daryll Forde Room, 2nd Floor, UCL Anthropology Dept, 14 Taviton St, WC1H 0BW
ZOOM ID 952 8554 1412 passcode Wawilak
Chris Knight
An Australian Myth: the Moon and the Origins of Death
All welcome
LIVE in Daryll Forde Room, 2nd Floor, UCL Anthropology Dept, 14 Taviton St, WC1H 0BW
ZOOM ID 952 8554 1412 passcode Wawilak
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Reposted by Mike Harvison
H heidelbergensis and the origins of the Middle Stone Age: the Kabwe lithic assemblage
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Homo heidelbergensis and The Origins of The Middle Stone Age: The Kabwe (Broken Hill) Lithic Assemblage - African Archaeological Review
The Middle Stone Age (MSA) saw the emergence of novel behaviours in the archaeological record and is generally associated with our own species, Homo sapiens. Yet, most archaeological assemblages conta...
link.springer.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
H heidelbergensis and the origins of the Middle Stone Age: the Kabwe lithic assemblage
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Piece on the recent findings at Çatalhöyük, showing matrilocality and greater tendency of grave goods in female infant burials:
'female babies and children were five times as likely to be favored with grave goods as their male counterparts' […]
'female babies and children were five times as likely to be favored with grave goods as their male counterparts' […]
Original post on c.im
c.im
December 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Piece on the recent findings at Çatalhöyük, showing matrilocality and greater tendency of grave goods in female infant burials:
'female babies and children were five times as likely to be favored with grave goods as their male counterparts' […]
'female babies and children were five times as likely to be favored with grave goods as their male counterparts' […]
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Reposted by Mike Harvison
Take all that access to power, water and climate control and turn it into housing.
AI datacenter boom could end badly, Goldman Sachs warns
: Bank sketches four scenarios in which monetization falters or demand swamps supply by 2030
www.theregister.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Take all that access to power, water and climate control and turn it into housing.
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New paper alert!!...🤩 Led by @blogeman.bsky.social, we identify how cell type-specific hormonal responses in the hypothalamus tunes parenting behavior in males and females 🐭🧠🍼. Highlights in thread 👇 1/6
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Cell Type-Specific Hormonal Signaling Configures Hypothalamic Circuits for Parenting
Parenting behavior emerges from hormonally sensitive circuits, but how distinct circuit components are affected by, and contribute to, sex and state dependent changes in infant caregiving remains uncl...
www.biorxiv.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
New paper alert!!...🤩 Led by @blogeman.bsky.social, we identify how cell type-specific hormonal responses in the hypothalamus tunes parenting behavior in males and females 🐭🧠🍼. Highlights in thread 👇 1/6
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Children have never been a net economic benefit - they've always been costly to raise - although in the past children's economic contributions helped underwrite large family size onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
<em>Population and Development Review</em> | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library
This article examines the relationship between household demographic pressure and interage transfers for a group of Maya subsistence agriculturists in Yucatán, Mexico. The authors use data from a fie....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Children have never been a net economic benefit - they've always been costly to raise - although in the past children's economic contributions helped underwrite large family size onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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This late Middle #pleistocene MSA site in S #tunisia looks very interesting given how cutting edge the Moroccan sites are.
#wadilazalim #Sahara
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-07816-x
#wadilazalim #Sahara
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-07816-x
A late Middle Pleistocene Middle Stone Age sequence identified at Wadi Lazalim in southern Tunisia - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A late Middle Pleistocene Middle Stone Age sequence identified at Wadi Lazalim in southern Tunisia
www.nature.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This late Middle #pleistocene MSA site in S #tunisia looks very interesting given how cutting edge the Moroccan sites are.
#wadilazalim #Sahara
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-07816-x
#wadilazalim #Sahara
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-07816-x
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The importance of children's safe space to play. A very nice piece on the playground matriarchy of Portsmouth.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/10/young-people-poverty-uk-portsmouth-funding-youth-clubs-playgrounds-families-benefits
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/10/young-people-poverty-uk-portsmouth-funding-youth-clubs-playgrounds-families-benefits
‘I used to be a bit naughty’: Portsmouth defied funding cuts and saved its youth centres – here’s what happened
Two decades ago, Portsmouth city’s council chose to fund and prioritise playgrounds and youth clubs to help its poorer families – and the benefits are plain to see
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The importance of children's safe space to play. A very nice piece on the playground matriarchy of Portsmouth.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/10/young-people-poverty-uk-portsmouth-funding-youth-clubs-playgrounds-families-benefits
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/10/young-people-poverty-uk-portsmouth-funding-youth-clubs-playgrounds-families-benefits
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Reposted by Mike Harvison
This is one of the most fascinating cultural evolution papers!
I am delighted to share our latest piece of research:
‘A global cross-cultural analysis of string figures reveals evidence of deep transmission and innovation’.
This was long in the works and is by far the largest project I’ve led to date.
A thread:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
‘A global cross-cultural analysis of string figures reveals evidence of deep transmission and innovation’.
This was long in the works and is by far the largest project I’ve led to date.
A thread:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
October 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This is one of the most fascinating cultural evolution papers!
Reposted by Mike Harvison
I am delighted to share our latest piece of research:
‘A global cross-cultural analysis of string figures reveals evidence of deep transmission and innovation’.
This was long in the works and is by far the largest project I’ve led to date.
A thread:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
‘A global cross-cultural analysis of string figures reveals evidence of deep transmission and innovation’.
This was long in the works and is by far the largest project I’ve led to date.
A thread:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
December 4, 2024 at 1:41 PM
I am delighted to share our latest piece of research:
‘A global cross-cultural analysis of string figures reveals evidence of deep transmission and innovation’.
This was long in the works and is by far the largest project I’ve led to date.
A thread:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
‘A global cross-cultural analysis of string figures reveals evidence of deep transmission and innovation’.
This was long in the works and is by far the largest project I’ve led to date.
A thread:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Reposted by Mike Harvison
This looks like a very anthropologically informed article on a Western Cape painted cave site, full of female figures. These are interpreted as a women's ritual space (and time)
'we suggest Keurbos 4 was a place chosen by women for women in the context of ritual and didactic events' […]
'we suggest Keurbos 4 was a place chosen by women for women in the context of ritual and didactic events' […]
Original post on c.im
c.im
October 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This looks like a very anthropologically informed article on a Western Cape painted cave site, full of female figures. These are interpreted as a women's ritual space (and time)
'we suggest Keurbos 4 was a place chosen by women for women in the context of ritual and didactic events' […]
'we suggest Keurbos 4 was a place chosen by women for women in the context of ritual and didactic events' […]
Reposted by Mike Harvison
Happy #InternationalArchaeologyDay!
Check out the #oldest #rockart in the world!
youtube.com/shorts/1tpS2...
Presented by Griffith University
Check out the #oldest #rockart in the world!
youtube.com/shorts/1tpS2...
Presented by Griffith University
New discovery! 51,200-year-old figurative rock art in Sulawesi, Indonesia
YouTube video by Griffith University
youtube.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Happy #InternationalArchaeologyDay!
Check out the #oldest #rockart in the world!
youtube.com/shorts/1tpS2...
Presented by Griffith University
Check out the #oldest #rockart in the world!
youtube.com/shorts/1tpS2...
Presented by Griffith University
Interesting series calling for a secular ’hex’ to destroy patriarchy. I have not found this creator on other platforms. Her link tree:
linktr.ee/daughterofumay
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTH7uenBC3...
linktr.ee/daughterofumay
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTH7uenBC3...
TikTok - Make Your Day
www.tiktok.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Interesting series calling for a secular ’hex’ to destroy patriarchy. I have not found this creator on other platforms. Her link tree:
linktr.ee/daughterofumay
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTH7uenBC3...
linktr.ee/daughterofumay
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTH7uenBC3...
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Make Lying Wrong Again
eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.
or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN
trib.al/9Sxu9IN
October 7, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Make Lying Wrong Again
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A riddle for @theguardian.com books page.
p.s. My new book 'Physics for Cats' is out this week in bookshops and online. Details at www.tomgauld.com
p.s. My new book 'Physics for Cats' is out this week in bookshops and online. Details at www.tomgauld.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
A riddle for @theguardian.com books page.
p.s. My new book 'Physics for Cats' is out this week in bookshops and online. Details at www.tomgauld.com
p.s. My new book 'Physics for Cats' is out this week in bookshops and online. Details at www.tomgauld.com
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Reposted by Mike Harvison
PUP is having a SEVENTY PERCENT OFF sale and PERIOD is one of the books you can use this discount towards - if you still haven't bought it, now's your chance!
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Period
A bold and revolutionary perspective on the science and cultural history of menstruation
press.princeton.edu
October 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
PUP is having a SEVENTY PERCENT OFF sale and PERIOD is one of the books you can use this discount towards - if you still haven't bought it, now's your chance!
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...