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Elizabeth Agey @anthroliz.bsky.social · Jul 7

Now that I'm officially on the website, I'm thrilled to announce that in just a few short weeks I'll be starting as an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa!
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Elizabeth Agey – Department of Anthropology

Background As a first-year undergraduate I took an Intro to Biological Anthropology course, and I enjoyed it so much that I switched my major. As I took classes

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Annie Wertz @anniewertz.bsky.social · Jul 2

I'm hiring a full-time #labmanager for my new Lab for Infant Learning and Cognition (LILAC) at UCSB! The start date is flexible, but could be as early as August 1, 2025. Application review begins July 17th and will continue until the position is filled 👶🪴

recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02992

#academicjobs

Junior Specialist-Lab for Infant Learning And Cognition (LILAC), Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

University of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now!

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Liz Quinn-Jensen @lizquinnjensen.bsky.social · Jul 1

Excited that this paper is finally out (in collaboration with @zoeliberman.bsky.social @saraburke.bsky.social & Brenda Major) in PSPB!

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The Comparative Status Hypothesis: Inferences About Discrimination Vary Based on Identity Salience - Elizabeth A. Quinn-Jensen, Anh L. K. Tran, Sara E. Burke, Brenda Major, Zoe Liberman, 2025

Past research examining when people label an outcome as discrimination has largely ignored contextual factors beyond the victim–perpetrator dyad. We contend tha...

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Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast) @epthepod.bsky.social · Jun 17

Fifth episode is up! @jaimiekrems.bsky.social on friendship!

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Friendship with Jaimie Krems

Podcast Episode · Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast) · 06/17/2025 · 2h 2m

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Ashley J Coventry @ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social · Jun 5

Thanks to everyone who came to my #HBES2025 talk this morning! It’s exciting to finally share this work I’m so passionate about!

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Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast) @epthepod.bsky.social · Jun 10

Our Fourth Episode is out today! Our first of many wonderful interviews. This one with Dan Conroy-Beam @dconroybeam.bsky.social where we discuss the good and less good of ep studies of mating.
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Mating with Daniel Conroy-Beam

Guest Daniel Conroy-Beam (UCSB) explains why human mating has occupied the interest of evolutionary psychologists, what consequences this has had on science, and how things might be done better. If yo...

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Carlos Sosa Colindres @carlossosacdres.bsky.social · Jun 10

I had a great time at HBES 2025 @humbehevosoc.bsky.social! I presented my work on a method we developed that allows us to predict who people will choose as partners 3 months into the future—participants chose romantic partners on their own, in their own mating markets—with zero intervention from us!

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Elizabeth Agey @anthroliz.bsky.social · Jun 2

Come see me at HBES this week! I'll be talking about my work with @dconroybeam.bsky.social simulating mate choice in Nepali arranged marriages. Saturday at 9:50.

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Ashley J Coventry @ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social · May 27

Can’t wait to share some exciting new work at #HBES2025!

Join me for my talk:
“Is Mate Choice Predictable? Using Agent-Based Modeling to Prospectively Predict Successful Blind Dates”

🗓️ Thursday, June 5
⏰ 10:50 AM

Check out my abstract below ⬇️

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Ashley J Coventry @ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social · May 20

I’m really excited about this panel: “Gender and identity in the evolutionary human sciences: Challenges to research and researchers in 2025”

Help shape the conversation & submit your questions at the link below!

Let’s talk about what attendees actually care about.

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W+EBS @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · May 19

For the first 75% of the session, we’ll discuss curated Qs from #HBES2025 attendees.

What should we ask?

🙋Submit your questions anonymously here: pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Suggest questions for HBES panel

What questions do you recommend we ask our panel of speakers at HBES 2025, focusing on gender and identity in the evolutionary human sciences in 2025?

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W+EBS @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · May 19

#W+EBS is excited to announce our panel at #HBES2025:

"Gender and identity in the evolutionary human sciences: Challenges to research and researchers in 2025"

Chaired by @hclarkbarrett.bsky.social
Moderated by @annepisor.bsky.social

Abstract below👇 (1/3)

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Carlos Sosa Colindres @carlossosacdres.bsky.social · May 19

Siiick 10/10 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast) @epthepod.bsky.social · May 15

First Episode arrives May 20th.
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Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast) @epthepod.bsky.social · May 15

First Episode arrives May 20th.
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www.youtube.com/@Evolutionar...

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Ashley J Coventry @ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social · Mar 13

Super interesting research by @bengelbart.bsky.social:

"Love may not operate as a commitment device in the classic sense: Rather than disincentivizing one's own pursuit of alternatives, acts of love may disincentivize alternatives from pursuing oneself."

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The function of love: A signaling-to-alternatives account of the commitment device hypothesis

Love is commonly hypothesized to function as an evolved commitment device, disincentivizing the pursuit of romantic alternatives and signaling this mo…

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Ashley J Coventry @ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social · Mar 12

🚨New paper! I tackle a confound in mate preference research: Are preferences & standards driven by one's own sex or target sex? Two studies show preferences are (mostly) driven by own sex, but overall standards are driven by target sex. Full paper: doi.org/10.1177/0956... #MatePreferences #Research

Deconfounding Sex and Sex of Partner in Mate-Preference Research - Ashley J. Coventry, Selina Mixner, Benjamin Gelbart, Kathryn V. Walter, Daniel Conroy-Beam, Tamsin C. German, 2025

Much of the previous research examining sex differences in human mate preferences has relied exclusively on heterosexual participants. Consequently, prior work ...

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