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Anne Pisor @annepisor.bsky.social · 7d

📢 Come join us! Penn State Anthropology is hiring *two tenure-track assistant professors*, one in human reproductive ecology and one in archaeology. Here are just a few reasons why working at Penn State is awesome:

A photo of the Susan Welch Liberal Arts building at sunrise

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 13d

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.

The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP

jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

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Katie Wilkinson @drkwilkinson.bsky.social · 11d

All scientists can easily respond to this and you can choose to stay anonymous. I modified my comment from the FASEB response. We all know that international scientists are essential to US science and that these proposed rules are cruel to our colleagues. www.regulations.gov/comment/ICEB...

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Laure Spake @lspake.bsky.social · 17d

Maybe they too need some relief from awful and belligerent leaders...

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Rachel Logan @rmslogan.bsky.social · 23d

I've been thinking for a while that humans have expanded beyond the scale of the individual and need to start thinking about emergence when dealing with social issues. Today, I'm reading this paper...

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

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Michael Gurven @mgurven.bsky.social · 22d

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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Haneul Jang @haneuljang.bsky.social · 25d

💙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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Sheina Lew-Levy @sheinalew.bsky.social · 28d

@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised!

3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution

2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.

Please share and apply!

www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Fees and Funding - Durham University

www.durham.ac.uk

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 28d

“Overall, the message from this survey is positive; evolutionary biologists are readily employable outside of academia, generally well-prepared for those jobs, and report high levels of satisfaction” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Leaving Academia: Insights from Evolutionary Biologists on Their Career Transitions and Job Satisfaction

Many who have obtained PhDs in evolutionary biology will ultimately pursue careers that fall outside a narrow definition of an academic career. At the same time, PhD students and supervisors of PhD st...

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Laure Spake @lspake.bsky.social · Sep 8

Yes they should, all other grants still have BI requirements, but the wording of what BI means has been adjusted

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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · Sep 8

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Heidi Colleran @heidicolleran.bsky.social · Jul 9

“there is a particular servitude in parenting without your people”…

on the brutal demands of the nuclear family www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Being a mother in the west would be a dream, I was told. But compared to Uganda, it was a nightmare | Patience Akumu

Nothing prepared me for the reality of mothering without my extended family to help. How have western women managed like this for so long?

www.theguardian.com

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Tim Stearns @stearnslab.bsky.social · Jun 20

Court invalidates NSF 15% indirect cost cap. Strong ruling. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Nature Human Behaviour @nathumbehav.nature.com · Jun 10

This socio-centric social network study estimates the social influence and social selection on preference for cutting female relatives using data from 5163 Ethiopian Arsi Oromo adults. @drsarahmyers.bsky.social @bristolantharch.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Social clustering of preference for female genital mutilation/cutting in south-central Ethiopia - Nature Human Behaviour

Recent estimates indicate that half of Ethiopian girls aged 15–19 years have experienced female genital mutilation/cutting (FGMC). This socio-centric social network study estimates the social influenc...

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Laure Spake @lspake.bsky.social · Jun 10

Are you a forensic anthropologist or other biological anthropologist who considers skeletal trauma interpretation part of your skill set?

We are running a study (survey, ~15 min) on how practitioners interpret skeletal trauma. It's kinda fun to do!

Sharing this with others is much appreciated 🤩

Laure Spake @lspake.bsky.social · May 22

🚨 Seeking practitioners, researchers, or students involved in forensic anthropology and/or skeletal trauma interpretation 🚨

Help us understand how forensic practitioners interpret gun shot and other trauma on long bones by participating in a short survey!

binghamton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.

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useR! - The R User Conference @user-conf.bsky.social · May 26

Registration is open for the useR! 2025 Virtual Program! The program features speakers from a diverse range of industries and parts of the world, covering topics from the basic to the advanced. Registration is free with options for suggested donations.

user2025.r-project.org/register

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Laure Spake @lspake.bsky.social · May 22

🚨 Seeking practitioners, researchers, or students involved in forensic anthropology and/or skeletal trauma interpretation 🚨

Help us understand how forensic practitioners interpret gun shot and other trauma on long bones by participating in a short survey!

binghamton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.

binghamton.qualtrics.com

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Laure Spake @lspake.bsky.social · May 22

I feel like every time I read local news my reaction is "Ohh Binghamton..." 😂😅

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Sabrina Little @sabrinablittle.bsky.social · May 21

Making running smaller. New column at iRunFar:
www.irunfar.com/when-competi...

When Competitive Days End

Sabrina Little's thoughts on when running takes a back seat to other priorities.

www.irunfar.com

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · May 11

Thanks to everybody who chimed in!

I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.

So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>

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Laure Spake @lspake.bsky.social · May 1

Julie has been such an instrumental part of our team over the last year. It's been a joy to watch her blossom in the field and figure out her career path - can't wait to see what she gets up to next as she pursues a career in nursing!

www.binghamton.edu/news/story/5...

Finding purpose in people: A grad’s path to anthropology - Binghamton News

Julie Efremenkova found deeper purpose in anthropology’s human focus. Drawn to fieldwork, she now studies biomedical anthropology and coordinates projects in The Gambia, which revealed a passion for c...

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Apr 18

Perhaps the core of the document is the redefining on NSF's Broader Impacts criterion. Here's a key excerpt.

("do not effectuate NSF priorities" is a masterful use of the exoneration tense)

NSF's broadening participation activities, including activities undertaken in fulfillment of the Broader Impacts criterion, and research on broadening participation, must aim to create opportunities for all Americans everywhere.

These efforts should not preference some groups at the expense of others, or directly/indirectly exclude individuals or groups. Research projects with more narrow impact limited to subgroups of people based on protected class or characteristics do not effectuate NSF priorities.

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Abbey Page @abbeyepage.bsky.social · Apr 15

Thanks 🤩

Paper just accepted today 👀 and can’t wait to explore the many unanswered questions about reproductive and child rearing overlap further ❤️

Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · Apr 15

Research led by @brunelcce.bsky.social’s @abbeyepage.bsky.social suggests the demography of grandmothering needs more attention. Cultural variation in grandmaternal care may be due to fertility & mortality patterns, eg the Agta where few kids get grandma care (tho grandmas give care when available)

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Andy Grogan-Kaylor @agrogankaylor.bsky.social · Apr 13

I’d like to share that my book, Multilevel Thinking: Discovering Variation, Universals, and Particulars in Cross-Cultural Research is available for pre-order at Oxford University Press: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

* Includes appendices for estimating MLMs in #Stata, #Rstats, and #Julialang.

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · Apr 8

🚨 Not a drill: NSF GRFP results are NOW OUT!!!!!

But...good news and bad news.

👍 I'm *thrilled* for the grad students for whom getting this award will be life-changing, esp now.

👎 # of fellowships went down by 51%

(1000 this year vs. 2036 last year)

See here: www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...

Research.gov :: GRFP

www.research.gov

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