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Ruth Mace
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Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, UCL

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Ruth Mace FBA is a British anthropologist, biologist, and academic. She specialises in the evolutionary ecology of human demography and life history, and phylogenetic approaches to culture and language evolution. Since 2004, she has been Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at University College London. .. more

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Ruth Mace @ruthmace.bsky.social · 1d
Costly rituals endure because committed members see greater benefits – especially supernatural – despite high estimated cost. New paper by Klocova et al| Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Estimated costs and benefits of participation in an extreme ritual in Mauritius | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
Estimated costs and benefits of participation in an extreme ritual in Mauritius - Volume 7
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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 2d
🚨AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT🚨

EHBEA is calling for SELF-nominations for their New Investigator Award.

If you are doing, or know someone, some really cool research as an early-career researcher please don’t hesitate to apply!

DEADLINE: December 19th, 2025

Here is the form👇
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EHBEA-2026-New-Investigator-Award-nomination-form.docx
2026 NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARD Self-nomination Form Please submit this application form by e-mail to the EHBEA Secretary [email protected]. Next Deadline: 5pm (GMT), 19th DECEMBER 2026 ...
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Ruth Mace @ruthmace.bsky.social · 3d
African harps as units of cultural evolution: a cladistic analysis on their morphology. New paper by Salome Strauch et al| Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
African harps as units of cultural evolution: a cladistic analysis on their morphology | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
African harps as units of cultural evolution: a cladistic analysis on their morphology - Volume 7
www.cambridge.org
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Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social · 5d
If you are around @ucl.ac.uk later this month, I’ll be giving a talk on Spatial Population Dynamics and Human Evolution on the 28th 🤩

www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
Evolutionary Anthropology seminars
Exploring the evolutionary roots of human behaviour, biology, and culture through interdisciplinary research and debate.
www.ucl.ac.uk
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 7d
Conventional wisdom says motherhood should wait for tenure as before you land a permanent post, #academia is just not that family friendly🙁

@carersinstemm.bsky.social are calling for change and to celebrate their new report, a Saturday🧵on parenting & academia! 1/9 👩‍🔬🧪🔭⚛️

ℹ️: carersinstemm.co.uk
From 2006. A younger and shell-shocked looking Catherine on a balcony holding a very tiny baby with the mountains of Vancouver in the background. The baby is so new, Catherine still has the pregnant bump.
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 22d
We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗

📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Apply before 26 October to join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎
we're hiring assistant professor in computational social science, applications close 26/10/2025
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Tobias Rüttenauer @ruettenauer.bsky.social · 22d
@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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Ruth Mace @ruthmace.bsky.social · 23d
New paper with Narhulan Halimbehke,
@olkcampbell.bsky.social , Yishan Xie et. al in Human Nature
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Our findings suggest attitudes to bride kidnapping driven by cohort replacement link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Ruth Mace @ruthmace.bsky.social · 23d
Strategies in the ancient game of Go mirror deep societal shifts, from feudal traditions to today’s AI advisors. @babeheim.bsky.social in EHS www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Michael Gurven @mgurven.bsky.social · 24d
Released today!
SEVEN DECADES: HOW WE EVOLVED TO LIVE LONGER
Now available at your favorite bookseller.

Leave a review on Goodreads or Amazon if you can.

Please help spread the word!

#sevendecades @princetonupress.bsky.social
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Bret Beheim @babeheim.bsky.social · 24d
How to quantify the impact of AI on long-run cultural evolution? Published today, I give it a go!

400+ years of strategic dynamics in the game of Go (Baduk/Weiqi), from feudalism to AlphaGo!
Miyagawa Shuntei's 1898 painting, "Playing Go (Japanese Chess)"
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Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 28d
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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