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Abbey Page @abbeyepage.bsky.social · 1d

Chaotic I can do

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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · Aug 21

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🚨 The Cultural Evolution Society is seeking applications for the ACE Teaching Innovation Awards.

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Abbey Page @abbeyepage.bsky.social · 1d

could just take the same vibe of your slides??!

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Abbey Page @abbeyepage.bsky.social · 1d

I will 100% contribute inane thoughts about statistical inference

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Abbey Page @abbeyepage.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so excited by this 😁💙

I love teaching and creating content that turn #idon'tdomaths students data freaks 🤩📊

Centre for Culture and Evolution @brunelcce.bsky.social · 1d

🤩 Methods, stats and critical thinking is getting a massive overhaul at @brunelpsy.bsky.social thanks to the hard work of CCE @willgervais.com @replicatedtypo.bsky.social @michealdebarra.bsky.social and @abbeyepage.bsky.social 💪💅

Will Gervais @willgervais.com · 4d

Teaching a fun science & critical thinking course this semester.

Trying out THAMES as a handy mnemonic for what to look for in evaluating science papers & such (obvs not all are as relevant for every paper)...

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Abbey Page @abbeyepage.bsky.social · 1d

I mean it's the study of people and there is always people about....

my logic is solid

samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 1d

i am sick in bed watching ONE DAY which I hadn't seen and I feel like this little exchange should have been an academic meme

the leads in ONE DAY, three panels
em: Hey. people will always need anthropologists
<dex laughs>
<em laughs>

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 1d

i am sick in bed watching ONE DAY which I hadn't seen and I feel like this little exchange should have been an academic meme

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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨

EHEBA is calling for the Service to the Community Award 🙌

Do not hesitate to nominate someone that you know has contributed in the strengthening of our community beyond their research!

Deadline: December 19th, 2025

Here is the form👇

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

2026 service noimination form.doc

2026 EHBEA Services to the Community award Nomination Form Please submit this application form by e-mail to the EHBEA Secretary [email protected] Next Deadline: 5pm (GMT), 19th DECEMBER 20...

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Centre for Culture and Evolution @brunelcce.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 1/ Excellent and impactful work from CCE second in command @loraadair.bsky.social published in the New Metro over the weekend about Outcry Witness

It’s an anonymous website where sexual-assault survivors can safely tell their stories.

No names, no pressure. Just a record in their own words 🗣️🛡️

Home - Healing starts when people bear witness

Outcry Witness is the platform where survivors of sexual violence keep an anonymous record of their experience, always under their control.

outcrywitness.com

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Centre for Culture and Evolution @brunelcce.bsky.social · 1d

🤩 Methods, stats and critical thinking is getting a massive overhaul at @brunelpsy.bsky.social thanks to the hard work of CCE @willgervais.com @replicatedtypo.bsky.social @michealdebarra.bsky.social and @abbeyepage.bsky.social 💪💅

Will Gervais @willgervais.com · 4d

Teaching a fun science & critical thinking course this semester.

Trying out THAMES as a handy mnemonic for what to look for in evaluating science papers & such (obvs not all are as relevant for every paper)...

THAMES mnemonic for reading science:

T
Theory
•What BIG IDEA is the focus?

H
Hypothesis
•What SMALLER IDEA is actually getting tested?

A
Assumptions &
Alternatives
•What needs to be true to connect T:H?
•What else could explain results/predictions?

M
Methods:
Measures & Manipulations
•Were methodological tools validated?
•Evidence that we’re measuring/manip what’s claimed?

E
Evidence &
Ethics
•Are claims calibrated to EVIDENCE? Is EVIDENCE appropriate?
•ETHICALLY sound in practice/intent/implication/application?

S
Sampling
Statistical Model
•Who was studied? Who are claims about?
•Do stat results match verbal ideas?

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Dr Emily Emmott @ehemmott.bsky.social · Aug 14

Calling Medical Anthropologists - job at UCL Anthropology (cover for colleague who recently got ERC grant). Teaching to start in January 2026.

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Tobias Rüttenauer @ruettenauer.bsky.social · 26d

@sriucl.bsky.social is HIRING 2 permanent Lecturers 🚀 in #QuantitativeSocialScience!

It comes with smart and lovely colleagues🌟, a central London office, and many big ideas and questions 🧐

Apply now! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Anne Pisor @annepisor.bsky.social · 13d

📢 Come join us! Penn State Anthropology is hiring *two tenure-track assistant professors*, one in human reproductive ecology and one in archaeology. Here are just a few reasons why working at Penn State is awesome:

A photo of the Susan Welch Liberal Arts building at sunrise

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Abbey Page @abbeyepage.bsky.social · 6d

Happy to chat to any #ehbea member about the secretary role

just DM or email me at [email protected]

EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 7d

EHBEA is looking for new PRESIDENT and SECRETARY for 2026-2029! 👀

If you know of anybody who could represent EHBEA, nominate them as president!

If you know with good organisational skills, nominate them as secretary!

DEADLINE: 16/12/2026

HERE IS THE FORM 👇

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

EHBEACommitteeNominationForm_Pres_Sec.doc

EHBEA Committee 2026-2029: Nomination Form The EHBEA Steering Committee is calling for nominations for the following open committee positions for 2026-2029. You are invited to nominate one or more c...

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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 7d

EHBEA is looking for new PRESIDENT and SECRETARY for 2026-2029! 👀

If you know of anybody who could represent EHBEA, nominate them as president!

If you know with good organisational skills, nominate them as secretary!

DEADLINE: 16/12/2026

HERE IS THE FORM 👇

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

EHBEACommitteeNominationForm_Pres_Sec.doc

EHBEA Committee 2026-2029: Nomination Form The EHBEA Steering Committee is calling for nominations for the following open committee positions for 2026-2029. You are invited to nominate one or more c...

docs.google.com

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 8d

If one man marries two women, another man must go unmarried, right? No. Demography matters. If sex ratios are skewed towards women, then polygyny can exist alongside universal marriage for men (who want to marry women). If only more people understood demography 😊

Hampton Gaddy @hggaddy.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 The Economist has been telling you for years that polygamy causes civil war by locking men out of marriage. A new article with @rebeccasear.bsky.social and @anthrolog.bsky.social explains that the demography of marriage markets doesn't actually work that way. 🧵

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

High rates of polygyny do not lock large proportions of men out of the marriage market | PNAS

There is a widespread belief, in both the scholarly literature and the popular press, that polygyny prevents large numbers of men from marrying by ...

www.pnas.org

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 8d

Thoughtful piece on the distinction between freedom of speech and academic freedom, and how the former is being mobilised to erode the latter:

"Under freedom of speech, the distinction between true and false is irrelevant. Academic freedom is about seeking truth or producing better knowledge"

Knowledges from the classroom | Amsterdam University Press Journals Online

Amsterdam University Press is a leading publisher of academic books, journals and textbooks in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Our aim is to make current research available to scholars, students, ...

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Centre for Culture and Evolution @brunelcce.bsky.social · 8d

🧵 1/ New paper from CCEs @rebeccasear.bsky.social led by @hggaddy.bsky.social with @anthrolog.bsky.social challenging some common assumptions about polygyny (there are many…)

it's open access 🔓 🧪 @brunelpsy.bsky.social

High rates of polygyny do not lock large proportions of men out of the marriage market

www.pnas.org

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 13d

The ESRC Festival of Social Science is coming up from 18 Oct - 8 Nov, including hundreds of free events across the UK and online: "The ESRC Festival of Social Science showcases how the research we fund helps bring about positive change across society, the economy, and individual lives"

Largest social science festival shows research’s impact on lives

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of Social Science returns for its 23rd year, offering hundreds of free events across the UK.

www.ukri.org

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Alex Mesoudi @alexmesoudi.com · 29d

Abstract submission now open for the next Cultural Evolution Society conference in Rabat, Morocco next May @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social @ces2026.bsky.social

Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · Sep 13

We are delighted to announce that the CES2026 conference website is now live! We invite you to submit your presentation proposals using the link on the webpage, deadline November 16th:
airess.fgses-um6p.ma/ces2026

Cultural Evolution Society 2026 Conference | Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique - FGSES

airess.fgses-um6p.ma

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Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · Sep 13

Find out more on the new conference website: airess.fgses-um6p.ma/ces2026

Cultural Evolution Society 2026 Conference | Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique - FGSES

airess.fgses-um6p.ma

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Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · Sep 13

The count down starts for #CESRabat! Follow @ces2026.bsky.social and join us May 11-13 next year for an exciting meeting in Rabat, Morocco.

Massive thanks to the #CESRabat organising committee:
Sarah Alami (co-chair)
Mathieu Charbonneau (co-chair)
Zachary Garfield
Edmond Seabright

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Abbey Page @abbeyepage.bsky.social · Sep 13

Yes this is in progress as sadly noticed after peer and editor review

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James Holland Jones @juemos.bsky.social · Sep 7

My department is hiring an assistant professor of environmental behavioral sciences. The research area is open but we are particularly interested in people with research on collective action or computational social sciences.

Happy to answer questions about the Doerr School or the department.

Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Social Sciences (Environmental Behavioral Sciences)

facultypositions.stanford.edu

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Aiyana Koka Willard @aiyanakoka.bsky.social · Sep 3

I am on vacation in the place I grew up. I used to come here (meeting of the waters, Illecillewaet) everytime we drove through the rockies when I was a kid. At least once a year. Still as impressive as I remember it.

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