Hello! We are Archaeologists Resisting Far-Right Appropriation (ARFA for short). You can learn more about us at our website here: archaeologistsrfa.wordpress.com Watch this space for blog posts, events, and commentary on the co-option and misuse of heritage in the near future.

On the cover of the new PaleoAnthropology issue!

cited by creationists: I am offended

I cannot convey enough how grateful I am to the millions of you all supporting us with your time, resources, and energy. Your support has allowed us to rally people together at record scale to organize their communities. All with an average donation of $21. THANK YOU & Pa’lante 🙏🏽♥️

Why Africans should be telling the story of human origins #evolutionsoup #evolution #paleontology #fossils #paleoanthropology #science 👇🏾👇🏻 is.gd/3qMfCm

What Was It Like for Our Sapiens Ancestors To Meet And Mix With Cousin Species? #evolutionsoup #evolution #paleontology #fossils #paleoanthropology #science 👇🏾👇🏻 is.gd/545kaR

I enjoyed the opportunity to present the diamond open access, community owned, PaleoAnthropology journal and discuss the situation at the Journal of Human Evolution at the NYCEP seminar, City University of New York last week! Thank you to Larissa Swedell for the invitation.

Our 3D scans of the ~2.0 million-year-old hominin pelvis (DNH 43) from Drimolen (Cradle of Humankind, South Africa) publicly available at this link. Species is most likely Paranthropus robustus. Please use scans & cite Berg et al (2025). #paleoanthropology 🏺🧪 human-fossil-record.org/index.php?/c...

"Tsutaya et al. used ancient proteomic analysis on a previously unidentified hominin mandible from Taiwan and identified it as having belonged to a male Denisovan." #paleoanthropology

The Serbian students and teachers have moral credibility, which explains the huge mobilisation, explains ex-justice minister Božo Prelević. Now he calls for a temporary technocratic government of experts to replace Aleksandar Vučić — as happened in 2000, after the fall of Slobodan Milošević.

Serbian students have finally made an Instagram profile in English. www.instagram.com/serbiaspeaks/

Serbian protests over a railway collapse grew into a mass movement of direct democracy. Students and workers formed assemblies, rejecting state authority and resisting co-option by opposition parties and NGOs, showing the power of self-organisation against systemic failure. #anarchism #ansyn

Dear friends, please join this crucial RUTA webinar about student-led protests in Serbia. Already this Friday, April 5, 4 pm Kyiv time! @associationruta.bsky.social ruta-association.org/event/disrup...