Peter R. Coutros

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Peter R. Coutros

Peter R. Coutros

@petecout

Archaeologist, Anthropologist, Ambulator. African Archaeology Stan and Climate Change research. Postdoc @Ugent #CongUbangi Project | Alum @Yale_anthro

Ghent, Belgium Katılım Mart 2012
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD@jayvanbavel·
Writing is thinking Outsourcing the entire task of writing to LLMs will deprive us of the essential creative task of interpreting our findings and generating a deeper theoretical understanding of the world.
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isaac Samuel
isaac Samuel@rhaplord·
Jared Diamond’s map of Africa’s “races.” Diamond uncritically reproduces antiquated theories of colonial scientific racism, despite acknowledging the limitations of this highly unscientific division of Africa into arbitrary races. africanhistoryextra.com/p/guns-germs-a…
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Peter R. Coutros@petecout·
Absolutely not.
Ryan Briggs@ryancbriggs

I've noticed when submitting peer reviews that some journals now have a box you have to check that pledges that you didn't use AI when doing the review. This seems dumb to me. I do use AI when I do peer reviews. I do the following: 1. Write my review as I always have, 2. Upload the paper to a frontier model and ask it to do a review as well. (I have settings set up so this data is not retained e.g. for training), 3. I compare the LLM review against mine, and I add to mine things that the LLM caught that I did not if such things exist. I think this produces a strictly better peer review.

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Boze the Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️
Boze the Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️@SketchesbyBoze·
Ran across a hair-raising line by sixteenth-century writer John Foxe—“Not to understand what was done before we were born, is to live always as children”—and I think the complete lack of curiosity most people have towards the past is one reason everyone is now twelve.
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Cesar Fortes-Lima
Cesar Fortes-Lima@CesarFortesLima·
Another great collaboration with Koen Bostoen, @petecout, @cschlebu and colleagues is online this week! "The coevolution of languages, peoples and environments in Central Africa’s Kwilu-Kasai region since ∼1000 BCE: A dialogue with Jan Vansina" doi.org/10.1016/j.qeh.…
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Peter R. Coutros@petecout·
We've put together another great interdisciplinary paper on our work in DRC. This time we have entered into a 'conversation' with Jan Vansina's early work on the Kwilu-Kasai, with new arch, ling, genetic, and palaeoenv data @ Quaternary Env and Humans sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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Peter R. Coutros@petecout·
We are very excited to have Dr. Étienne Zangato join us tomorrow (14:00 CET) for a talk on his research across Cameroon and Central African Republic. If you are in Ghent, please stop by for a truely interesting lecture - if not, send me a message for the Zoom link!
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Hiram Ring
Hiram Ring@hiramring·
@petecout this is really cool, would love to read more!
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Peter R. Coutros@petecout·
This is another reminder that not everything in West Africa comes from outside... and not everything is a result of populations moving from the Sahara southwards at the end of the AHP. Feel free to reach out if you are interested in reading! #archaeology #africanarchaeology
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Peter R. Coutros@petecout·
This interdisciplinary appraoch revealed that - contrary to earlier hypotheses - Niger-Congo speaking groups originated in southern West Africa prior to the African Humid Period. Instead of coming south during this period, these were local WA groups that expanded north and east.
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sebastian castillo
sebastian castillo@bartlebytaco·
my policy has become no quarter, scorched earth: not only forbidden, but i tell them if they ever plan to use AI for any human intellectual work in the future, they need to admit to themselves they are a mentally self-enfeebled person, morally weak, and a disappointment to god
Megan Fritts@freganmitts

My students are now becoming openly upset with me for upholding my AI policy because “none of my other professors care.” This demonstrates the importance of both faculty solidarity and administrative support, but those are both pipe dreams.

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Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias
Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias@padillaccc·
This is really sad news. Sapiens was a fantastic medium to share, promote and diversify anthropological research and insights and the platform where many people (like me) learnt and developed skills in science communication. Times are tough, but Sapiens’ niche is now left empty☹️
Wenner-Gren Foundation@WennerGrenOrg

The Wenner-Gren Foundation has made the difficult decision to halt the creation of new content for SAPIENS Magazine at the end of 2025. Read President Danilyn Rutherford’s letter to our community. buff.ly/Gol3kMM

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Peter R. Coutros@petecout·
The CongUbangi team has had a great time so far at #safa2025 in Faro! All of the presentations in yesterday's Central Africa session were excellent. #archaeology
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Wendell@RhodeToLove·
i'm at my most delusional when i'm picking how many books to bring on a trip
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Peter R. Coutros@petecout·
❗️It's finally out❗️ Our book 'An Archaeology of the Bantu Expansion' is now available. If you are interested in any aspect of the Central African past over the past 40k years, including palaeoenv, archaeo, history, language, and genetics-check it out! routledge.com/An-Archaeology…
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