Very excited to announce the inaugural Evolution in the Public Eye Award Ceremony and Lecture. Our first winner, Ed Hagen, will be speaking about "The Evolution of 'Recreational' Drug Use" on Oct. 24 @ 5:30pm at the Ann Arbor District Library. More info: sites.lsa.umich.edu/ehap/evoluti...

New paper spearheaded by Jaime Palmer-Hague is out in Evolution and Human Behavior. We explored the (lack of) effect of fertility on intersexual competitiveness towards highly attractive women.

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Coverage of our recent study about disgust and religiosity (work with @karbeau.bsky.social and Jaime Palmer-Hague) by @psypost.bsky.social. Check it out!

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New paper out in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences!

We find evidence that disgust sensitivity leads to religiosity through monogamous sexual attitudes. Calibrated mating goals might functionally shape belief.

w/ @karbeau.bsky.social & Jaime Palmer-Hague

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A new piece in @psypost.bsky.social on our recent study published in Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. Check it out!

Why do our friendships feel so vital?

I wrote a short piece for @jessicadayers.bsky.social’s lab blog. It discusses why evolutionary psychology is critical for understanding complex social phenomena like friendship and provides an introduction to evolutionary social psychology.

Read it here!

After a great @humbehevosoc.bsky.social panel on friendship, I thought it was a perfect time to share Benjamin Zubaly’s thoughts on why evolutionary theory is needed to understand friendships www.ayerslab.org/blog/why-und...