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Haneul Jang @haneuljang.bsky.social · 24d

💙New paper!💙

How is knowledge transmitted across generations in a foraging society?

With @danielredhead.bsky.social
we found: In BaYaka foragers, long-term skills pass in smaller, sparser networks, while short-term food info circulates broadly & reciprocally

academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

Transmission networks of long-term and short-term knowledge in a foraging society

Abstract. Cultural transmission across generations is key to cumulative cultural evolution. While several mechanisms—such as vertical, horizontal, and obli

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Justin Yeakel 🦣🐆 @jdyeakel.bsky.social · Sep 2

Mark Novak, @kecoblentz.bsky.social, John DeLong FTW - a very cool paper I need to dig carefully through!

American Naturaliﬆ / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · Aug 30

Novak et al. derive a functional response model that unifies Holling’s classical forms. The model clarifies when linearity can be a mechanistically-reasoned description of predator feeding rates and the impact it has on predator-prey dynamics.

Read now!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

In Defense of Type I Functional Responses: The Frequency and Population Dynamic Effects of Feeding on Multiple Prey at a Time | The American Naturalist

Abstract Ecologists differ in the degree to which they consider the linear type I functional response to be an unrealistic versus sufficient representation of predator feeding rates. Empiricists tend ...

www.journals.uchicago.edu

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Justin Yeakel 🦣🐆 @jdyeakel.bsky.social · Aug 15

Okay Open Nature… are you *trying* to make me eat cat food?

A can of Open Nature cat food and human food (tuna) looking remarkably similar…

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Vivek V. Venkataraman @vivek123.bsky.social · Jul 31

"Behavior drives morphological change during human evolution"

Our new article is out in @science.org today

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Justin Yeakel 🦣🐆 @jdyeakel.bsky.social · Jul 31

New paper in Science!

Luke Fannin and Nate Dominy on the bridge; I'm some kind of assistant science officer or asking the chief engineer where the bathroom is, but hey I'm part of the fleet -- Also, it's just a really awesome project, so check it out...

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Behavior drives morphological change during human evolution

Dietary shifts and corresponding morphological changes can sometimes evolve in succession, not concurrently—an evolutionary process called behavioral drive. Detecting behavioral drive in the fossil re...

www.science.org

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Justin Yeakel 🦣🐆 @jdyeakel.bsky.social · Jun 27

Make it stop…

I see dead people meme with text: I see power laws

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Justin Yeakel 🦣🐆 @jdyeakel.bsky.social · Jun 18

Same (4 days ago), but I couldn't figure out how to take a screenshot without my iPad blacking out the image.

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · Jun 16

My book drops in 2 months!
“This is an essential, long-overdue guide, and a wonderful read.” -Stephen Graham Jones, author of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter @sgj.bsky.social
Bookshop: bookshop.org/a/7576/97988...
Barnes: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/feral-and-...

FERAL
AND
HYSTERICAL
MOTHER HORROR'S ULTIMATE
READING GUIDE TO DARK AND DISTURBING
FICTION BY WOMEN

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Justin Yeakel 🦣🐆 @jdyeakel.bsky.social · Jun 18

My cousin-in-law @jasonragosta.bsky.social (is that a thing?) knocks it out of the park with this amazing The Buffalo Hunter Hunter fan poster from the legendary @sgj.bsky.social
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1715...

Buffalo Hunter Hunter Poster by Jason Ragosta | Redbubble

A fan poster for Stephen Graham Jones' novel Buffalo Hunter Hunter illustrated by Jason Ragosta.

www.redbubble.com

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Justin Yeakel 🦣🐆 @jdyeakel.bsky.social · Jun 7

Walked into this knowing of only one Balrog, despite my SNES streetfighter cred

a wizard is holding a magic wand in front of a fire demon

ALT: a wizard is holding a magic wand in front of a fire demon

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Justin Yeakel 🦣🐆 @jdyeakel.bsky.social · Jun 7

Exciting opportunity for prospective grad students wanting to study the science of science w/ @culturologies.co … check it out!

career2.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/job...

Career Opportunities: PhD in Social Networks and Information (14282)

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Justin Yeakel 🦣🐆 @jdyeakel.bsky.social · Jun 6

Looks like Elon flew too close to a bloated orange giant ☀️

Justin Yeakel 🦣🐆 @jdyeakel.bsky.social · May 31

Ahhh - your book Song of the Dodo changed my life and prompted me to go to grad school. Excited to hear more about this one!

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Justin Yeakel 🦣🐆 @jdyeakel.bsky.social · May 28

How is your day going?

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Justin Yeakel 🦣🐆 @jdyeakel.bsky.social · May 23

allometry-breaking!!!

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Justin Yeakel 🦣🐆 @jdyeakel.bsky.social · May 23

Jim Estes was one of my PhD advisors at UCSC… a generator of great ideas and discussions, always angling positive when others tried to tear down, a rockstar who didn’t act like a rockstar. This was my slide for Jim in my dissertation seminar… thanks for the good conversations and caribou sausage

Was Jim Estes Indiana Jones? Pretty much, but with sea otters 🦦

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Justin Yeakel 🦣🐆 @jdyeakel.bsky.social · May 22

New paper on food-cleaning monkeys showing some true grit.
Led by Jessica Rosien, Nate Dominy, Luke Fannin, Suchinda Malaivijitnond and Amanda Tan - this was a fun collaboration :D 🐒
elifesciences.org/articles/98520

Food-washing monkeys recognize the law of diminishing returns

Monkeys are sensitive to foods coated with tooth-damaging sand and will invest time and energy to eliminate sand, but dominance rank affects the effort allocated to cleaning behaviors.

elifesciences.org

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Justin Yeakel 🦣🐆 @jdyeakel.bsky.social · May 22

Ah - having looked… cybersecurity and ocean sci increased. I’m guessing ocean sci has a ‘mining-focused’ mandate

Justin Yeakel 🦣🐆 @jdyeakel.bsky.social · May 22

Let me guess - you only come out ahead if you’re working in AI or looking for fossil fuels…

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Justin Yeakel 🦣🐆 @jdyeakel.bsky.social · May 22

If this happened as described — and there is no reason to think it didn’t — what does this mean for academic freedom? The vise is closing.

www.chronicle.com/article/i-di...

‘I Didn’t Want to Make a Scene’: A Professor Recounts the Conversation That Got Him Ejected From Commencement

Colin Holbrook says he approached the University of California system president about pro-Palestinian protests.

www.chronicle.com

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Justin Yeakel 🦣🐆 @jdyeakel.bsky.social · May 21

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · May 14

I resigned because of a profound breakdown in governance, transparency, and accountability at the NSF—issues I felt obligated to bring to public attention.

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Justin Yeakel 🦣🐆 @jdyeakel.bsky.social · May 14

Got our kid on those tablets - sounds like we’d better stock up (live in an area without fluoridated water)

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Justin Yeakel 🦣🐆 @jdyeakel.bsky.social · May 13

The dynamics of microbial cooperation... Cheap metabolites make for shaky friendships; but pricier ones can keep the peace... 🦠

Thanks @janamassing.bsky.social for leading the charge! And great working again w/ @akfbio.bsky.social & @thilogross.bsky.social

Ashkaan K. Fahimipour @akfbio.bsky.social · May 13

New paper led by @janamassing.bsky.social, with @jdyeakel.bsky.social and @thilogross.bsky.social, on dynamics of cooperative bacteria: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Justin Yeakel 🦣🐆 @jdyeakel.bsky.social · Apr 6

But how do you feel about *old* slasher movies?

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