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Exploring the intersection of culture, evolution, psychology and anthropology. We study how culture and evolution shape human behaviour and society
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. @rebeccasear.bsky.social is on a mission to get all studies using a database linking #IQ and race retracted. I spoke to her for @retractionwatch.com to find out more: retractionwatch.com/2025/11/25/m...
Meet the researcher aiming to halt use of ‘fundamentally flawed’ database linking IQ and nationality
Rebecca Sear Rebecca Sear is on a mission to convince publishers to retract articles that use a database that purports to rank countries based on intelligence. To maintain the integrity of scientif…
retractionwatch.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
. @rebeccasear.bsky.social is on a mission to get all studies using a database linking #IQ and race retracted. I spoke to her for @retractionwatch.com to find out more: retractionwatch.com/2025/11/25/m...
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Working on some cool project about human evolution? Do not hesitate to submit an abstract for @ehbea2026.bsky.social 🙌
Deadline? December 15th
More info? Below 👇
Deadline? December 15th
More info? Below 👇
📢 Call for abstracts!
🚀 The time has come — abstract submission for #EHBEA2026 is officially OPEN since this week! 🎉
🗓 Submission Nov 1st – Dec 15th
📝 300 words
🧠 Important: Make an OpenReview account before submitting — it takes time!
👉 www.ehbea2026.com
🚀 The time has come — abstract submission for #EHBEA2026 is officially OPEN since this week! 🎉
🗓 Submission Nov 1st – Dec 15th
📝 300 words
🧠 Important: Make an OpenReview account before submitting — it takes time!
👉 www.ehbea2026.com
Overview | EHBEA2026
www.ehbea2026.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Working on some cool project about human evolution? Do not hesitate to submit an abstract for @ehbea2026.bsky.social 🙌
Deadline? December 15th
More info? Below 👇
Deadline? December 15th
More info? Below 👇
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Retraction Watch has covered the problem of the “national IQ” database. Should be noted I’m far from alone in working to remove these publications. The spreadsheet of pubs which use NIQ - linked to in the article - was started by @kohngregory.bsky.social; a project also worked on by Cathryn Townsend
. @rebeccasear.bsky.social is on a mission to get all studies using a database linking #IQ and race retracted. I spoke to her for @retractionwatch.com to find out more: retractionwatch.com/2025/11/25/m...
Meet the researcher aiming to halt use of ‘fundamentally flawed’ database linking IQ and nationality
Rebecca Sear Rebecca Sear is on a mission to convince publishers to retract articles that use a database that purports to rank countries based on intelligence. To maintain the integrity of scientif…
retractionwatch.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Retraction Watch has covered the problem of the “national IQ” database. Should be noted I’m far from alone in working to remove these publications. The spreadsheet of pubs which use NIQ - linked to in the article - was started by @kohngregory.bsky.social; a project also worked on by Cathryn Townsend
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Happy #WplusEBSWednesday! Interested in learning about Bayesian data analysis but unsure how to start?
Today, a follower would like to recommend a great online resource: a series of YouTube videos by @rmcelreath.bsky.social based on his book Statistical Rethinking!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdnM...
Today, a follower would like to recommend a great online resource: a series of YouTube videos by @rmcelreath.bsky.social based on his book Statistical Rethinking!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdnM...
Statistical Rethinking 2023 - 01 - The Golem of Prague
YouTube video by Richard McElreath
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Happy #WplusEBSWednesday! Interested in learning about Bayesian data analysis but unsure how to start?
Today, a follower would like to recommend a great online resource: a series of YouTube videos by @rmcelreath.bsky.social based on his book Statistical Rethinking!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdnM...
Today, a follower would like to recommend a great online resource: a series of YouTube videos by @rmcelreath.bsky.social based on his book Statistical Rethinking!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdnM...
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As always, please make sure to fill out this form with any helpful resources for our community (tutorials, job opportunities, interesting papers, etc.)! We'd love to highlight your recommendations in future #WplusEBSWednesday posts!
Have a resource, recommendation, or opportunity you think would benefit our community?
Submit it through this form (or comment below!) so we can feature it in an upcoming #WplusEBSWednesdays post (yes, even your own paper)! (2/2)
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#WplusEBS
Submit it through this form (or comment below!) so we can feature it in an upcoming #WplusEBSWednesdays post (yes, even your own paper)! (2/2)
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W+EBS Wednesdays Recommendation Form
Have a resource, opportunity, or recommendation you think would be valuable to the Women+ in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences (W+EBS) community?
Every Wednesday, we share posts featuring useful tools,...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
As always, please make sure to fill out this form with any helpful resources for our community (tutorials, job opportunities, interesting papers, etc.)! We'd love to highlight your recommendations in future #WplusEBSWednesday posts!
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ASU Psychology is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Scholar to study contemporary antisemitism (supervised by Drs. Neuberg & Barlev). Full-time research, NIH salary scale, start date Jan 12, 2026 (flexible).
Deadline: Dec 17, 2025.
More info: apply.interfolio.com/177756
Deadline: Dec 17, 2025.
More info: apply.interfolio.com/177756
Apply - Interfolio
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apply.interfolio.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
ASU Psychology is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Scholar to study contemporary antisemitism (supervised by Drs. Neuberg & Barlev). Full-time research, NIH salary scale, start date Jan 12, 2026 (flexible).
Deadline: Dec 17, 2025.
More info: apply.interfolio.com/177756
Deadline: Dec 17, 2025.
More info: apply.interfolio.com/177756
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Animal culture paper alert 🚨
In this study, Howard-Spink et al. develop an empirically based model of orangutan diet development, which suggests that social learning is vital for allowing orangutans to acquire varied diets.
Culture is critical in driving orangutan diet development past individual potentials - Nature Human Behaviour
Howard-Spink et al. develop an empirically based model of orangutan diet development, which suggests that social learning is vital for orangutans to acquire varied diets.
www.nature.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Animal culture paper alert 🚨
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Only 4 days left!
Abstract submission for CES 2026 in Rabat has been extended to 30th November! @ces2026.bsky.social
The deadline has been extended - there is still time to get your abstracts in to join us in Morocco!
November 26, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Only 4 days left!
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"‘Which is the best university in the world?’ is not a useful question. ‘Which university might be best for me, given that I care about X and Y?’ is a better question — but one for which current measures are unlikely to provide a good answer"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
To reform universities, first tackle global rankings
Universities are in thrall to a rankings system that prioritizes narrow aspects of academic life. Three changes would give institutions the freedom to explore fresh ways of working.
www.nature.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
"‘Which is the best university in the world?’ is not a useful question. ‘Which university might be best for me, given that I care about X and Y?’ is a better question — but one for which current measures are unlikely to provide a good answer"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
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Today is the day! Our reply to the two concurrent critiques (from the same set of authors) is now published in the journal Intelligence 🧵 1/
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Today is the day! Our reply to the two concurrent critiques (from the same set of authors) is now published in the journal Intelligence 🧵 1/
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Reminder for this upcoming #WplusEBSWednesday: if you have anything you’d like us to highlight, please fill out this Google Form!
We’re collecting recommendations for fun podcasts, books, new articles, job opportunities, and other resources you think would be useful for our community.
We’re collecting recommendations for fun podcasts, books, new articles, job opportunities, and other resources you think would be useful for our community.
Have a resource, recommendation, or opportunity you think would benefit our community?
Submit it through this form (or comment below!) so we can feature it in an upcoming #WplusEBSWednesdays post (yes, even your own paper)! (2/2)
🔗 forms.gle/oz6M3fXN8G7z...
#WplusEBS
Submit it through this form (or comment below!) so we can feature it in an upcoming #WplusEBSWednesdays post (yes, even your own paper)! (2/2)
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#WplusEBS
W+EBS Wednesdays Recommendation Form
Have a resource, opportunity, or recommendation you think would be valuable to the Women+ in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences (W+EBS) community?
Every Wednesday, we share posts featuring useful tools,...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Reminder for this upcoming #WplusEBSWednesday: if you have anything you’d like us to highlight, please fill out this Google Form!
We’re collecting recommendations for fun podcasts, books, new articles, job opportunities, and other resources you think would be useful for our community.
We’re collecting recommendations for fun podcasts, books, new articles, job opportunities, and other resources you think would be useful for our community.
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New paper: "A formal theory of group-level adaptation for obligate eusociality", with Kalyani Twyman (@kztwyman.bsky.social) #OpenAccess
academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...
#Image #GoogleGemini @jevbio.bsky.social #OA
academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...
#Image #GoogleGemini @jevbio.bsky.social #OA
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
New paper: "A formal theory of group-level adaptation for obligate eusociality", with Kalyani Twyman (@kztwyman.bsky.social) #OpenAccess
academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...
#Image #GoogleGemini @jevbio.bsky.social #OA
academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...
#Image #GoogleGemini @jevbio.bsky.social #OA
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Many thanks to my wonderful coauthor @chrisvonrueden.bsky.social for being ever insightful and incisive. I've wanted to work with him for years and it has been a joy and a pleasure.
Also note that an this early online uncorrected proof - Baylor University does not have a UK campus ☺️
Also note that an this early online uncorrected proof - Baylor University does not have a UK campus ☺️
📣 New BBS preprint out now! 📣
"Models casting egalitarian societies as crucibles of equality perpetuate the factually uninformed notion that foragers are somehow more noble. Critiques portray egalitarianism as romantic fantasy. Neither characterization is wholly justified."
doi.org/10.1017/S014...
"Models casting egalitarian societies as crucibles of equality perpetuate the factually uninformed notion that foragers are somehow more noble. Critiques portray egalitarianism as romantic fantasy. Neither characterization is wholly justified."
doi.org/10.1017/S014...
Egalitarianism is not Equality: Moving from outcome to process in the study of human political organisation | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core
Egalitarianism is not Equality: Moving from outcome to process in the study of human political organisation
doi.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Many thanks to my wonderful coauthor @chrisvonrueden.bsky.social for being ever insightful and incisive. I've wanted to work with him for years and it has been a joy and a pleasure.
Also note that an this early online uncorrected proof - Baylor University does not have a UK campus ☺️
Also note that an this early online uncorrected proof - Baylor University does not have a UK campus ☺️
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'The manosphere’s enthusiasm for evolution goes beyond appropriation and selective interpretation of existing research' New paper by LouisBachaud et al | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A hundred and two just-so stories: exploring the lay evolutionary hypotheses of the manosphere | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
A hundred and two just-so stories: exploring the lay evolutionary hypotheses of the manosphere - Volume 7
www.cambridge.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
'The manosphere’s enthusiasm for evolution goes beyond appropriation and selective interpretation of existing research' New paper by LouisBachaud et al | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Happy #WplusEBSWednesday, folks!
This week, we're spotlighting the Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences (May 26–June 19), hosted by @tse-fr.eu and @iast.fr .
Applications due Dec. 15!
Great opportunity for PhD students - check it out at the link :)
www.tse-fr.eu/toulouse-sum...
This week, we're spotlighting the Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences (May 26–June 19), hosted by @tse-fr.eu and @iast.fr .
Applications due Dec. 15!
Great opportunity for PhD students - check it out at the link :)
www.tse-fr.eu/toulouse-sum...
Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences Application
Application to the Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences taking place from May 25th to June 19th, 2026 in Toulouse, France Application deadline: December 15th, 2025 Applicants will be...
www.tse-fr.eu
November 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Happy #WplusEBSWednesday, folks!
This week, we're spotlighting the Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences (May 26–June 19), hosted by @tse-fr.eu and @iast.fr .
Applications due Dec. 15!
Great opportunity for PhD students - check it out at the link :)
www.tse-fr.eu/toulouse-sum...
This week, we're spotlighting the Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences (May 26–June 19), hosted by @tse-fr.eu and @iast.fr .
Applications due Dec. 15!
Great opportunity for PhD students - check it out at the link :)
www.tse-fr.eu/toulouse-sum...
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Guys this meeting is going to be fantastic, you have 2 more weeks to submit a talk, poster, or session!
The deadline has been extended - there is still time to get your abstracts in to join us in Morocco!
The submission deadline for #CESRabat has been extended to 30 November
@ces2026.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
@ces2026.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Guys this meeting is going to be fantastic, you have 2 more weeks to submit a talk, poster, or session!
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🚨 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION 🚨
#EHBEA2026 will be held in Leiden!
Do not forget to submit your abstract before December 15th in order to attend and share your research!
More in the official account:
@ehbea2026.bsky.social
👇👇👇
#EHBEA2026 will be held in Leiden!
Do not forget to submit your abstract before December 15th in order to attend and share your research!
More in the official account:
@ehbea2026.bsky.social
👇👇👇
📢 Call for abstracts!
🚀 The time has come — abstract submission for #EHBEA2026 is officially OPEN since this week! 🎉
🗓 Submission Nov 1st – Dec 15th
📝 300 words
🧠 Important: Make an OpenReview account before submitting — it takes time!
👉 www.ehbea2026.com
🚀 The time has come — abstract submission for #EHBEA2026 is officially OPEN since this week! 🎉
🗓 Submission Nov 1st – Dec 15th
📝 300 words
🧠 Important: Make an OpenReview account before submitting — it takes time!
👉 www.ehbea2026.com
Overview | EHBEA2026
www.ehbea2026.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🚨 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION 🚨
#EHBEA2026 will be held in Leiden!
Do not forget to submit your abstract before December 15th in order to attend and share your research!
More in the official account:
@ehbea2026.bsky.social
👇👇👇
#EHBEA2026 will be held in Leiden!
Do not forget to submit your abstract before December 15th in order to attend and share your research!
More in the official account:
@ehbea2026.bsky.social
👇👇👇
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New Phil Trans B issue on the ‘Evolutionary functions of consciousness’
royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1939
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
New Phil Trans B issue on the ‘Evolutionary functions of consciousness’
royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
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1/ 🩸 New Research by former CCE Tristin Agtarap and CCE member Julieta Baker 📣👏
A new paper in *Sexuality Research & Social Policy* explores how menstrual product choices and menstrual-care practices shape empowerment, autonomy and connection to the body
A new paper in *Sexuality Research & Social Policy* explores how menstrual product choices and menstrual-care practices shape empowerment, autonomy and connection to the body
Empowered Choices: Exploring the Interplay of Menstruation, Menstrual Products, and Well-being
link.springer.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
1/ 🩸 New Research by former CCE Tristin Agtarap and CCE member Julieta Baker 📣👏
A new paper in *Sexuality Research & Social Policy* explores how menstrual product choices and menstrual-care practices shape empowerment, autonomy and connection to the body
A new paper in *Sexuality Research & Social Policy* explores how menstrual product choices and menstrual-care practices shape empowerment, autonomy and connection to the body
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Highlighting these postdoc opportunities in the Pontzer Lab at Duke University for #WplusEBSWednesday!
One position is for "Human Ecology, Energetics, and Climate", and the other is for "Population Ecology Aging, and Health Network (PECAHN)".
Start date is between Jan 15th 2026 and July 1st 2026.
One position is for "Human Ecology, Energetics, and Climate", and the other is for "Population Ecology Aging, and Health Network (PECAHN)".
Start date is between Jan 15th 2026 and July 1st 2026.
Two postdoctoral opportunities in evolutionary anthropology at Duke University!
The Pontzer Lab is hiring for projects on human ecology, energetics, and aging & health.
More info: www.hbes.com/two-postdoct...
The Pontzer Lab is hiring for projects on human ecology, energetics, and aging & health.
More info: www.hbes.com/two-postdoct...
Two postdoctoral opportunities in evolutionary anthropology at Duke - HBES
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30783 Position Description The Pontzer Lab in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University seeks two Postdoctoral Associates for research in h...
www.hbes.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Highlighting these postdoc opportunities in the Pontzer Lab at Duke University for #WplusEBSWednesday!
One position is for "Human Ecology, Energetics, and Climate", and the other is for "Population Ecology Aging, and Health Network (PECAHN)".
Start date is between Jan 15th 2026 and July 1st 2026.
One position is for "Human Ecology, Energetics, and Climate", and the other is for "Population Ecology Aging, and Health Network (PECAHN)".
Start date is between Jan 15th 2026 and July 1st 2026.
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In addition to our last #WplusEBSWednesday post, we also want to recommend some cool R color palettes we've come across:
First, the MetBrewer palette: github.com/BlakeRMills/...
And also the wesanderson palette:
github.com/karthik/wesa...
What are your favorite R color palettes? Comment below!
First, the MetBrewer palette: github.com/BlakeRMills/...
And also the wesanderson palette:
github.com/karthik/wesa...
What are your favorite R color palettes? Comment below!
GitHub - BlakeRMills/MetBrewer: Color palette package in R inspired by works at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
Color palette package in R inspired by works at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York - BlakeRMills/MetBrewer
github.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In addition to our last #WplusEBSWednesday post, we also want to recommend some cool R color palettes we've come across:
First, the MetBrewer palette: github.com/BlakeRMills/...
And also the wesanderson palette:
github.com/karthik/wesa...
What are your favorite R color palettes? Comment below!
First, the MetBrewer palette: github.com/BlakeRMills/...
And also the wesanderson palette:
github.com/karthik/wesa...
What are your favorite R color palettes? Comment below!
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Here’s more information on the race science network now being published across so many journals in the evolutionary behavioural sciences
investigations.hopenothate.org.uk/race-science...
investigations.hopenothate.org.uk/race-science...
Race Science Inc. | HOPE not hate
Undercover in The Human Diversity Foundation, the million-dollar race science company
investigations.hopenothate.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Here’s more information on the race science network now being published across so many journals in the evolutionary behavioural sciences
investigations.hopenothate.org.uk/race-science...
investigations.hopenothate.org.uk/race-science...