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Kevin Lala @kevinlala.bsky.social · 5d

Loved this video by @shaunvids.bsky.social about The War on Science book. Its full of fascinating, yet disturbing, snippets about some of the world's most famous scientists. Gold.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyU5...

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Kevin Lala @kevinlala.bsky.social · 7d

I was pleased and proud yesterday that the University of St Andrews invited esteemed journalist Gary Younge to give its 2025 Race Equality Lecture. Gary gave a fantastic talk, entitled "Equal Opportunities and Photo Opportunities", which was much appreciated by the large audience.

#race, #racism

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Kevin Lala @kevinlala.bsky.social · 7d

"A network of privately funded political think tanks has popularized the falsehood that lawful desegregation and diversity measures are politically radical and socially destructive...In doing so, those think tanks represent the hyper-partisan political aims of wealthy donors, not the public".

Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 8d

Let’s all read @bradvivian.bsky.social instead:

Policies which promote equality, diversity & inclusion are GOOD for science; a few well-funded political thinktanks have flipped perceptions of this reality (ably helped by the “War on Science” crowd); facilitating actual state censorship of science

An Open Letter to the George Mason University Board of Visitors

My Request to the Board: Defend Free Speech and Academic Freedom by Rejecting State Censorship and Political Interference

bradfordvivian.substack.com

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ISHPSSB @ishpssb.bsky.social · Sep 7

We’re excited to launch the official BlueSky profile of ISHPSSB! Founded in 1998, we connect researchers in philosophy, history, and social studies of biology and medicine worldwide. Follow us for updates and events! #PhilosophyOfBiology, #HistoryOfScience, #STS, #Biology, #Medicine

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Nicola Koyama @nicolakoyama.bsky.social · 25d

Balanced and considered account of scientific racism in the evolutionary sciences and what academics can do to counter it:

Kevin Lala @kevinlala.bsky.social · Aug 27

Our article "Impediments to countering racist pseudoscience" (with @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social, @kztwyman.bsky.social & Marc Feldman) is now published online.

We describe five factors that contribute to the spread of racism and suggest strategies for countering them.

doi.org/10.1017/ehs....

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Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 25d

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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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · 22d

📃 Check out the paper in BioScience:

"Cultural inheritance is driving a transition in human evolution" academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

But, wait, is this bullshit?

Cultural inheritance is driving a transition in human evolution

Abstract. Previous research on a transition in human evolution has been befuddled by the complexity of adaptive culture and made little effort toward empir

academic.oup.com

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Kristy Ferraro @kristymferraro.bsky.social · Aug 21

Animals don’t just live in their environments—they transform them. And in doing so, they may also shape their own evolutionary trajectories. Our new paper in Trends in Ecology & Evolution introduces a framework for zoogeochemical niche construction. A thread 👇

Trends in Ecology & Evolution @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social · Aug 21

Online now: Zoogeochemical niche construction: how animal-mediated biogeochemistry affects evolution

Zoogeochemical niche construction: how animal-mediated biogeochemistry affects evolution

Animals exert control over biogeochemical processes within their ecosystems – the study of which is called zoogeochemistry. However, most zoogeochemical research stops short of examining how animal-driven biogeochemical processes feed back to influence the fitness and population dynamics of organisms. We outline how to use niche construction theory to investigate these feedbacks, introducing zoogeochemical niche construction to explicitly link zoogeochemistry with fitness and evolution trajectories. We specifically highlight how this framework reveals the capacity of animals to influence their own nutritional landscapes, creating closed zoogeochemical loops. To identify and test instances of zoogeochemical niche construction, we present experimental, correlative, and comparative tools. The novel application of niche construction theory provides alternative and complementary explanations for animal trait evolution.

dlvr.it

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27d

Lectured about the immigration restriction and Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s today, so I'm going to repost this piece on the Great Replacement Theory that drove white supremacists back then and that still drives them today.

The Not-So-Great Replacement Theory

Over the past few months, I’ve noticed a new round of references to the white supremacist “great replacement theory,” so I thought I’d offer a post to explain the dark corners from which this came and...

campaign-trails.ghost.io

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Kevin Lala @kevinlala.bsky.social · Sep 2

Here is the link to a short blog that @kztwyman.bsky.social and I wrote about our article (with @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social and Marc Feldman) entitled "Impediments to countering racist pseudoscience":

www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...

Race Isn’t Biological — So Why Do So Many Still Think It Is? « Life Sciences# « Cambridge Core Blog

Even though findings from genetics and other sciences unequivocally refute biological conceptions of race, this erroneous viewpoint remains widespread among the general public. Why can’t scientists co...

www.cambridge.org

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Kevin Lala @kevinlala.bsky.social · Aug 27

Our article "Impediments to countering racist pseudoscience" (with @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social, @kztwyman.bsky.social & Marc Feldman) is now published online.

We describe five factors that contribute to the spread of racism and suggest strategies for countering them.

doi.org/10.1017/ehs....

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Kostas Kampourakis @kampourakisk.bsky.social · Aug 13

For those interested in my latest book, Trusting Science, here is a 30% discount code:

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · Aug 11

Balanced piece, including the opinion that EO Wilson made significant contributions to biological research and the acknowledgement that "Sociobiology lent evolutionary storytelling about human behavior and cognition an air of scientific legitimacy. That legacy is manifest today"

Prof. Gillian Brown @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social · Aug 8

🚨 New, short article by myself, Clark Barrett and @kevinlala.bsky.social on the legacy of Wilson's 'Sociobiology: The New Synthesis', which was published 50 years ago.

@science.org #ehbea #histbiol #evobio #psyscisky

Revisiting the human sociobiology debate |Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Revisiting the human sociobiology debate

What have we learned 50 years on?

www.science.org

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Kevin Lala @kevinlala.bsky.social · Aug 13

I'm pleased to share this new article by @svenkasser.bsky.social, Laura Fortunato @anthrolog.bsky.social, Marc Feldman and myself.

The article extends gene-culture coevolution to recognize evolutionary effects of culture arising through drift and migration.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Clark Barrett @hclarkbarrett.bsky.social · Aug 8

New commentary in Science, with Gillian Brown and Kevin Lala, on the human sociobiology debate 50 years on: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Revisiting the human sociobiology debate

What have we learned 50 years on?

www.science.org

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Kevin Lala @kevinlala.bsky.social · Aug 8

Very happy to share this article, coauthored with @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social and Clark Barrett, on the contemporary relevance of the human sociobiology debate, 50 years after publication of Wilson's landmark book.

Prof. Gillian Brown @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social · Aug 8

🚨 New, short article by myself, Clark Barrett and @kevinlala.bsky.social on the legacy of Wilson's 'Sociobiology: The New Synthesis', which was published 50 years ago.

@science.org #ehbea #histbiol #evobio #psyscisky

Revisiting the human sociobiology debate |Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Revisiting the human sociobiology debate

What have we learned 50 years on?

www.science.org

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Kevin Lala @kevinlala.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thanks to Tim Lewens for a wonderful review of our 'Evolution Evolving' book.

"In this exceptionally ambitious and impressive book, Lala and collaborators... show how an understanding of development is essential to an understanding of evolution"

Read it here: shorturl.at/mgGEm

#evolution #evodevo

Development developing - Biology & Philosophy

Lala et al.’s (2024) Evolution Evolving is an excellent book. It offers a compelling case for the relevance of development to the study of evolution. It takes a pluralistic stance on the forms of unde...

shorturl.at

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Kalyani Twyman @kztwyman.bsky.social · Jul 28

Really happy to share this article I'm grateful to have been a part of: 'Impediments to countering racist pseudoscience' coauthored with @kevinlala.bsky.social, @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social and Marcus Feldman. Check out a preprint here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#ScientificRacism #Antiracism

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Prof. Gillian Brown @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social · Jul 25

Excellent talk by @rebeccasear.bsky.social at @ishpssb2025.bsky.social on maintenance of scientific racism in contemporary academic literature.

Academic journals play a role in platforming scientific racism (eg failure to retract articles using fradulent 'national IQ dataset').

#ishpssb2025 #ehbea

Slide highlighting article that has argued for retraction of articles using fraudulent 'national IQ dataset'.

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Kevin Lala @kevinlala.bsky.social · Jul 25

I was very happy to bump into my dear friend Eva Jablonka at the ISHPSSB meeting in Porto. What a great scientist and wonderful person she is.

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Kevin Lala @kevinlala.bsky.social · Jul 25

I'm happy to share our latest manuscript "Impediments to countering racist pseudoscience", coauthored with @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social @kztwyman.bsky.social & Marcus Feldman.

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Kevin Lala @kevinlala.bsky.social · Jun 23

Thanks for your great talk @petinozappala.bsky.social

M. Alejandra Petino Zappala @petinozappala.bsky.social · Jun 21

I was thrilled to take part in the 43rd Altenberg workshop on Conrad Hal Waddington at the KLI! Thanks to @alejandrofabregastejeda.com and @fvergara-silva.bsky.social for being such great organizers! (pun very much intended)

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Kevin Lala @kevinlala.bsky.social · Jun 23

A really thoughtful and inciteful review of my book "Evolution Evolving" by @cassandrazieyang.bsky.social in Bioscience.

"By taking into account the structure of development, we can begin to envision how the system of evolution will itself be evolving."

See BioScience doi.org/10.1093/bios...

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Kevin Lala @kevinlala.bsky.social · Jun 23

The extraordinary legacy of Conrad Waddington was the focus of a terrific workshop held at the KLI last week. Superb talks, a beautiful venue, and great discussion made for a lot of fun. Thanks to all the participants, and particularly organizers Alejandro Febregas Tejeda & Francisco Vergara-Silva.

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Kevin Lala @kevinlala.bsky.social · Jun 14

An excellent short video by @rebeccasear.bsky.social on the resurgence of eugenics. Definitely worth investing 10 minutes of your life to watch.

Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · Jun 14

Eugenics is back: short video and blogpost about the 21st century resurgence of the discredited ideology of eugenics www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/podcasts/the...

The 21st Century Resurgence of Eugenics

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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