Mark Grabowski
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Senior Lecturer in Evolutionary Anthropology at Liverpool John Moores University; human evolution; evolutionary biology; comparative methods. Co-lead of the Joint MSc Human Evolution Programme at UoL/LJMU.
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Interested in human evolution? Want to get a great Master's education, provided by two stellar teams? Join us at the U of Liverpool on April 2, 4-5 PM, for our Human Evolution MSc info session. Details below.
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I really wrote the whole R/Stan package so I could have an excuse to get more DAGs in print:
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Thanks for the boost!
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3. The OG unappreciated PCM: SLOUCH (Hansen et al. 2008, 403 cits) now w/FAST mvSLOUCH (Bartoszek et al. 2024, 4 cits) and a GREAT Bayesian version w/new models, "blouch" (Grabowski et al. 2024, 1 cit).
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Final JHE Update: Summary of the recent AABA Open forum and final response to Elsevier from former EICs.
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JHE update: here below is a summary of the JHE Open Forum at AABA and a final response to recent Elsevier communications
Summary of JHE Open Forum & response to Elsevier communications

We thank all those who attended and participated in the Open Forum (concerning the en masse resignation of the JHE Editorial Board) which was held at the annual meeting of the AABA on Saturday, March 15th, from 10:30am–12:00pm. The Open Forum was led by Emeritus Editors Andrea Taylor (in person) and Clément Zanolli (via Zoom); Emeritus Editor Mark Grabowski sent his regrets as he was unable to attend this year’s AABA meeting. The meeting was well attended (~50–60) and included a number of Emeritus Editors and immediate past and earlier Editorial Board (EB) members. What follows is a summary of the discussion that took place during this Open Forum. Additionally, in the days before the Open Forum, Elsevier published an editorial and a publisher’s note. While we will not engage in continued back-and-forth discussion of communications from Elsevier as we do not see this as productive, we do believe there is a crucial need to set the record straight on several claims and for the paleoanthropological community to understand the implications of some of the assertions in those communications.

Summary of the Open Forum:
The forum began with a short presentation which included a brief background of changes in the publishing world, including the history of Open Access (OA) in Europe and the 2022 US federal mandate by the Office of Science and Technology that all federal agencies make federally funded research freely available to the public immediately upon publication by the end of 2025 (NSF Public Access Plan 2.0); the implications of the 2025 mandate for authors in the US; the consequences of the OA mandate in Europe and the US for publishers, journals, and authors; and the fundamental misalignment of the goals of JHE and the goals of the publisher that ultimately led to the en masse resignation (the details of which were communicated at the time of the resignation and were not the focus of the Open Forum)
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Interested in human evolution? Want to get a great Master's education, provided by two stellar teams? Join us at the U of Liverpool on April 2, 4-5 PM, for our Human Evolution MSc info session. Details below.
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We again thank the authors, reviewers, Associate Editors, former Editors-in-Chief, and readers for their unceasing dedication to JHE. (3/3)
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, we and the Associate Editors were informed by Elsevier on Jan. 10 that we were being removed from the system and our assignments were undone. If you have a manuscript currently in the review process, it will now be handled by the new Editorial Board ... (2/3)
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JHE Update: First, we are profoundly grateful for the outpouring of support from the human evolution community for the collective decision to resign. While Andrea and I intended to continue handling our existing manuscripts for 3 months following resignation and were continuing to do so ... (1/3)
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@science.org piece covering our resignations from JHE
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Resignation of the Journal of Human Evolution Editorial Board: We are saddened to announce the resignations of The Joint Editors-in-Chief, all Emeritus Editors retired or active in the field, and all but one Associate Editor. Press release below.
Reposted by Mark Grabowski
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The human evolutionary story is full of oddities. The Paranthropus group is particularly fascinating. Today, we present new insights into their inner ear indicating that one species -Paranthropus robustus- may have indeed been doing something different! 1/4🧵

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Inner ear anatomy of Paranthropus robustus compared to modern humans.
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Extensive locomotor versatility across a global sample of hunter–gatherer societies 🏺🧪
George Brill, @martamlahr.bsky.social and Mark Dyble
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Diverse locomotor proficiency suggests that locomotor versatility represents a dimension of human adaptive lability
Cross-cultural distribution of locomotor versatility and proficiency among hunter–gatherer societies of the SCCS. Phylogenetic tree constructed using genetic and linguistic isolation data as developed by Duda & Zrzavý [31,32] and presented by Minocher et al. [22]. Photos from left to right: Hadza (Tanzania, Arnold Tibaijuka); Pueblo (USA, Carl Moon); Batek (Malaysia, George Brill); Fijian (Fiji, George Brill); Bajau (Indonesia, George Brill).
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Through the research-led teaching on our MSc you will be fully involved in the human evolution research community, and will learn about the latest theoretical orientations, methods, and discoveries.

With @ltbuck.bsky.social and a great cast of characters.
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University of Liverpool will provide you with expertise in the early archaeological records of Africa and Eurasia, archaeological and evolutionary theory, as well as ecological, environmental, and climate change modeling.
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Liverpool John Moores University will help you gain expertise in the human fossil record, ancient DNA / proteomics and Neanderthal archaeology / spatial analysis.
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Our MSc offers the unique opportunity to benefit from two institutions specialisms’ as your programme will be delivered by University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University in collaboration.
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It has taken 7 million years of struggle to make us ‘human.’ How did we get here and why? In our Human Evolution MSc you'll investigate the biological and behavioral changes that made us the species we call Homo sapiens.
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Interested in human evolution? Want to get a great Master's education, provided by two stellar teams? Apply now for Fall 2025 entry into the Joint MSc in Human Evolution, from the U of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores U - info below and here:
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Human Evolution MSc
It has taken 7 million years of struggle to make us ‘human.’ How did we get here and why? In our Human Evolution MSc you'll investigate the biological and behavioural changes that made us the species ...
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What a great issue - I particularly like Pages 1413–1432, but amazing content overall. Thanks Masahito for putting this together.
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Now our special issue on the relationship between microevolution and macroevolution is online @jevbio.bsky.social! We hope that it marks the beginning of a new era of exciting discoveries.

link to the issue: ow.ly/LHol50UjJql
link to the editorial: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
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Join us for our December RCEAP seminar. 10th Dec, 16-17:00 GMT. Sharon DeWitte (Uni of Colorado Bolder) will be speaking about 'Stress, sex, & death: health & survival in the context of Medieval famine & plague'. Join via Teams: tinyurl.com/2s3vj3nv. All welcome!
Image shows Sharon DeWitte sitting outside on a bench