Johan Lind
@johanlind.bsky.social
Scientist | Behavior | Cognition | Culture
Latest book: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691240770/the-human-evolutionary-transition
And Nature Photographer/biodiversity junkie:
www.jlind.se & www.instagram.com/jlindphoto
Latest book: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691240770/the-human-evolutionary-transition
And Nature Photographer/biodiversity junkie:
www.jlind.se & www.instagram.com/jlindphoto
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Johan Lind
@johanlind.bsky.social
· Feb 18
Everything's quite new here at #bsky, so perhaps a quick intro could be useful.
Abt science, published this book recently (with 2 colleagues): An attempt at a theoretically plausible evolutionary trajection of a world with a little culture to a world where culture is human nature 1/n
Abt science, published this book recently (with 2 colleagues): An attempt at a theoretically plausible evolutionary trajection of a world with a little culture to a world where culture is human nature 1/n
It's free exploring for a few more days, indulge 💃🥳🎉
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/phylogeny #birds #evolution
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/phylogeny #birds #evolution
Phylogeny Explorer - Birds of the World
The Phylogeny Explorer offers a captivating experience for exploring avian evolution, discovering closely related species, and grasping the timescales at which they evolved.
birdsoftheworld.org
January 29, 2026 at 7:28 PM
It's free exploring for a few more days, indulge 💃🥳🎉
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/phylogeny #birds #evolution
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/phylogeny #birds #evolution
Reposted by Johan Lind
NEW: North Atlantic right whales - a species whose fortunes I've followed for years - are having a baby boom!!
21 mother-calf pairs have been sighted so far, the highest figure in years. And we're not even halfway through the calving season (which runs to mid-April).
www.wired.com/story/a-nort...
21 mother-calf pairs have been sighted so far, the highest figure in years. And we're not even halfway through the calving season (which runs to mid-April).
www.wired.com/story/a-nort...
A North Atlantic Right Whale Baby Boom Is On—but the Species Remains at Risk
Researchers have documented the births of nearly two dozen North Atlantic right whale calves this season. It’s an encouraging sign for a species whose population is estimated to be below 400.
www.wired.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:30 AM
NEW: North Atlantic right whales - a species whose fortunes I've followed for years - are having a baby boom!!
21 mother-calf pairs have been sighted so far, the highest figure in years. And we're not even halfway through the calving season (which runs to mid-April).
www.wired.com/story/a-nort...
21 mother-calf pairs have been sighted so far, the highest figure in years. And we're not even halfway through the calving season (which runs to mid-April).
www.wired.com/story/a-nort...
Reposted by Johan Lind
MAJOR NEWS! We just launched an awesome new tool! The illustrated Birds of the World Phylogeny Explorer lets users trace any bird’s lineage, compare species relationships, and explore major evolutionary milestones with a click of a button. SHARE and EXPLORE! birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/phy...
January 27, 2026 at 1:26 AM
MAJOR NEWS! We just launched an awesome new tool! The illustrated Birds of the World Phylogeny Explorer lets users trace any bird’s lineage, compare species relationships, and explore major evolutionary milestones with a click of a button. SHARE and EXPLORE! birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/phy...
Thirty‑six years, a ripe old age for an eagle, and officially the oldest Swedish ringed white-tailed eagle ever recorded.
#longevityrecord #ringing
www.mynewsdesk.com/se/naturhist...
#longevityrecord #ringing
www.mynewsdesk.com/se/naturhist...
Rekordörnen blev 36 år gammal
Sveriges har fått en rekordörn. Förra våren hittades Sveriges äldsta havsörn död i Böda ekopark på Öland. Obduktionen visade att den bar på hagel i kroppen...
www.mynewsdesk.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Thirty‑six years, a ripe old age for an eagle, and officially the oldest Swedish ringed white-tailed eagle ever recorded.
#longevityrecord #ringing
www.mynewsdesk.com/se/naturhist...
#longevityrecord #ringing
www.mynewsdesk.com/se/naturhist...
Reposted by Johan Lind
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
Reposted by Johan Lind
Great interview with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales in @nature.com today. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Client Challenge
www.nature.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Great interview with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales in @nature.com today. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Johan Lind
We've got ISSUES. Literally.
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
January 13, 2026 at 8:27 AM
We've got ISSUES. Literally.
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
Just some shameless self-promotion regarding this. Here's our similar take on this, but also taking non-human animals into account. We tried our best to give a more complete and coherent view on this combination of biological and cultural evolution.
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
January 12, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Just some shameless self-promotion regarding this. Here's our similar take on this, but also taking non-human animals into account. We tried our best to give a more complete and coherent view on this combination of biological and cultural evolution.
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Happy New Year! Here are some favorite photos of animals I saw this year. Two from Stockholm where I live, and two from Brazil where I spent the summer. #naturephotography #stockholm #brazil
December 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Happy New Year! Here are some favorite photos of animals I saw this year. Two from Stockholm where I live, and two from Brazil where I spent the summer. #naturephotography #stockholm #brazil
hör mustiga uttrycket "själens maskineri" när det pratas hjärnor på populärvetenskapska på svt morgon, bevare mig väl
December 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM
hör mustiga uttrycket "själens maskineri" när det pratas hjärnor på populärvetenskapska på svt morgon, bevare mig väl
Förvaltningsrätten stoppar vargjakt:
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/zO...
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/zO...
December 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Förvaltningsrätten stoppar vargjakt:
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/zO...
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/zO...
Reposted by Johan Lind
A mass of sooty shearwaters coming into their nests on Kidney Island as dusk falls, in the Falklands #kidneyisland #seabirds #birds #shearwaters #sootyshearwater #falklandislands #kidneyisland #nature #wildlife #southatlantic
December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A mass of sooty shearwaters coming into their nests on Kidney Island as dusk falls, in the Falklands #kidneyisland #seabirds #birds #shearwaters #sootyshearwater #falklandislands #kidneyisland #nature #wildlife #southatlantic
Reposted by Johan Lind
25 år efter publicering drar Elsevier tillbaka studien som "visade" att glyfosat (Roundup) är ofarligt för människor. 25 år!!! Detta är en inte så liten skräll. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
RETRACTED: Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for Humans
This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy)This article has b…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:19 AM
25 år efter publicering drar Elsevier tillbaka studien som "visade" att glyfosat (Roundup) är ofarligt för människor. 25 år!!! Detta är en inte så liten skräll. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Johan Lind
Efter en röd-grön överenskommelse i Norge står det klart att det satsas mer pengar på skydd av skog än någonsin tidigare. Dessutom stoppas gruvdriften på havsbotten.
www.natursidan.se/nyheter/norg...
www.natursidan.se/nyheter/norg...
Norge rekordsatsar på skydd av skog
Efter en röd-grön överenskommelse i Norge står det klart att det satsas mer pengar på skydd av skog än någonsin tidigare. Dessutom stoppas gruvdriften på havsbotten.
www.natursidan.se
December 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Efter en röd-grön överenskommelse i Norge står det klart att det satsas mer pengar på skydd av skog än någonsin tidigare. Dessutom stoppas gruvdriften på havsbotten.
www.natursidan.se/nyheter/norg...
www.natursidan.se/nyheter/norg...
Reposted by Johan Lind
An ambitious rewilding initiative has begun in the Dauphiné Alps, marking the largest such project ever launched in France:
France launches its largest rewilding project in the Dauphiné Alps
Rewilding Europe has designated the Dauphiné Alps its 11th landscape – and France’s largest – aiming to restore wild horses, Eurasian Lynx, Grey Wolf, vultures and other species as part of a long-term ecosystem revival.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
An ambitious rewilding initiative has begun in the Dauphiné Alps, marking the largest such project ever launched in France:
Reposted by Johan Lind
An interesting approach. After a (very) quick read, I'd like to highlight the following:
"We are pressured to believe that it is possible to automate the scientific process. But science itself is a form of cognition, and therefore cannot be automated..."
1/2
"We are pressured to believe that it is possible to automate the scientific process. But science itself is a form of cognition, and therefore cannot be automated..."
1/2
New preprint! @marentierra.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I have been working on what CAIL means to showcase & propagate the idea of thinking very differently to tech industry norms on "artificial intelligence"
Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
1/
Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
1/
December 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
An interesting approach. After a (very) quick read, I'd like to highlight the following:
"We are pressured to believe that it is possible to automate the scientific process. But science itself is a form of cognition, and therefore cannot be automated..."
1/2
"We are pressured to believe that it is possible to automate the scientific process. But science itself is a form of cognition, and therefore cannot be automated..."
1/2
Reposted by Johan Lind
Wisdom’s mate joins
her!
🎼 #Reunited
USFWS staff spotted band EX25 on 11/25. No, he has not been named; we await that news.
So far we have a few photos and we'll share more as we receive them.
Here's to a successful egg laying and hatching season for these two!
Photos by Chris Forster.
#Birds
her!
🎼 #Reunited
USFWS staff spotted band EX25 on 11/25. No, he has not been named; we await that news.
So far we have a few photos and we'll share more as we receive them.
Here's to a successful egg laying and hatching season for these two!
Photos by Chris Forster.
#Birds
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Reposted by Johan Lind
Challenging the name!
Jesse Martin & colleagues argue Little Foot (StW 573) can’t be called Australopithecus prometheus…
…dissent in the fossil world 🦴😅😁
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Jesse Martin & colleagues argue Little Foot (StW 573) can’t be called Australopithecus prometheus…
…dissent in the fossil world 🦴😅😁
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The StW 573 Little Foot Fossil Should Not Be Attributed to Australopithecus prometheus
Objectives To test the hypothesis that the StW 573 (Little Foot) fossil specimen should be attributed taxonomically to Australopithecus prometheus. Materials and Methods We adopt the methods of cl...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Challenging the name!
Jesse Martin & colleagues argue Little Foot (StW 573) can’t be called Australopithecus prometheus…
…dissent in the fossil world 🦴😅😁
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Jesse Martin & colleagues argue Little Foot (StW 573) can’t be called Australopithecus prometheus…
…dissent in the fossil world 🦴😅😁
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Reposted by Johan Lind
– Även om en handfull lunnefåglar på en liten ö kan verka obetydligt, är detta ögonblick enormt.
www.natursidan.se/nyheter/lunn...
www.natursidan.se/nyheter/lunn...
Lunnefåglar återvänder till ö efter 25 år
Tack vare ett stort, långsiktigt arbete för att förbättra förutsättningarna har lunnefåglarna kunnat återvända till sin tidigare häckningsö. Ibland behöver en art utrotas från ett område för att andra...
www.natursidan.se
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
– Även om en handfull lunnefåglar på en liten ö kan verka obetydligt, är detta ögonblick enormt.
www.natursidan.se/nyheter/lunn...
www.natursidan.se/nyheter/lunn...
November 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Reposted by Johan Lind
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Reposted by Johan Lind
En ny studie visar att inga av de undersökta svenska skogarna som kalhuggits sedan 1950-talet har återhämtat sig helt när det gäller biologisk mångfald, över 70 år senare.
www.natursidan.se/nyheter/skog...
www.natursidan.se/nyheter/skog...
Skogar som kalhöggs på 1950-talet är fortfarande artfattigare
Även 65-85 år gamla produktionsskogar har betydligt sämre förutsättningar för rödlistade arter och naturvårdsarter än vad naturreservat har.
www.natursidan.se
November 23, 2025 at 6:38 AM
En ny studie visar att inga av de undersökta svenska skogarna som kalhuggits sedan 1950-talet har återhämtat sig helt när det gäller biologisk mångfald, över 70 år senare.
www.natursidan.se/nyheter/skog...
www.natursidan.se/nyheter/skog...
Reposted by Johan Lind
I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵
The missing heritability question is now (mostly) answered
Not with a bang but with a whimper
theinfinitesimal.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵
Just saw this, Wisdom's back, again! 🥳
November 20, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Just saw this, Wisdom's back, again! 🥳
There are so many (conflicting) hypotheses out there.
"Hence, the CEH currently provides a theoretical framework that risks confusing, rather than informing, inferences about the evolution of human external eye appearance and its selective drivers." (CEH=cooperative eye hypothesis)
"Hence, the CEH currently provides a theoretical framework that risks confusing, rather than informing, inferences about the evolution of human external eye appearance and its selective drivers." (CEH=cooperative eye hypothesis)
"The cooperative eye hypothesis proposes that human eyeballs are uniquely conspicuous and evolved under selective pressures to behave cooperatively....but lacks robust empirical support: human eye pigmentation does not uniquely stand out among primates, is not uniform at species level..."
Look past the cooperative eye hypothesis: reconsidering the evolution of human eye appearance
The external appearance of the human eye has been prominently linked to the evolution of complex sociocognitive functions in our species. The cooperative eye hypothesis (CEH) proposes that human eyeb....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
There are so many (conflicting) hypotheses out there.
"Hence, the CEH currently provides a theoretical framework that risks confusing, rather than informing, inferences about the evolution of human external eye appearance and its selective drivers." (CEH=cooperative eye hypothesis)
"Hence, the CEH currently provides a theoretical framework that risks confusing, rather than informing, inferences about the evolution of human external eye appearance and its selective drivers." (CEH=cooperative eye hypothesis)