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Chimpanzees can weigh evidence and update beliefs when new information arrives. Their flexible reasoning echoes early cognitive foundations shared with humans, offering rare insight into the evolution of rationality.
#cognition #primatebehavior #evolutionaryanthropology #Science
Chimpanzees in Uganda show a capacity to weigh evidence and revise decisions, hinting at ancient roots of rational thought shared with humans. Science edges closer to Darwin’s idea of cognitive continuity. #primatology #cognition #evolution www.primatology.net/p/minds-in-t...
Minds in the Forest
How chimpanzees weighing evidence might push us to rethink the roots of reason
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October 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Someone knows why Tomassello talks about ontogenesis of psychology instead of psychogenesis?

#DevelopmentalPsychology
#EvolutionaryAnthropology
#Psychology
#Evolution
September 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
We have a new #HEASBlog on our website!

Students from @dominik-hagmann.bsky.social's #AI and Interdisciplinary Research course at @univie.ac.at's Department of #EvolutionaryAnthropology got hands-on experience with cutting-edge robotics at #general_laser.at in Vienna.

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You, Robot: Experiencing Robotics First-Hand at General Laser - HEAS
By: Dominik Hagmann As part of the University of Vienna’s course “AI and Interdisciplinary Research” held at the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology in the summer term of 2025, students from diver...
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September 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Scientific Assistant Positions – Max Planck Institute, Leipzig
Open role in Evolutionary Anthropology
Eligibility: Enrolled students
Deadline: 31 July 2025
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#AcademicJobs #PhDJobs #PostdocJobs #Germany #ResearchCareers #EvolutionaryAnthropology
Scientific Assistant – Max Planck Institute, Leipzig | HigherJobz
Join the Max Planck Institute, Leipzig as a Scientific Assistant in Evolutionary Anthropology. Apply by 31 July 2025. Gain hands-on research training.
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June 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
4/ 💡 Western ideals of family - like the nuclear family being "best" for child-rearing - still shape social science research. But global family systems reveal this view is outdated and doesn’t reflect human diversity. #EvolutionaryAnthropology
January 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
So many of my old tribe(s) joining @bsky.app 🙏👏🥁#LearningDisability #DisabilityHistory #SocialCare #SiloJumpers #CulturalHeritage #Museums #History #Anthropology #MaterialCulture ( posh words for stuff!) #EvolutionaryAnthropology
January 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Are More Girls Born When the World Is Under Stress?
Dr. Amy Non and Peyton Cleaver from UC San Diego investigated COVID-19’s potential impact on birth sex ratios.
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#COVID19Research #HealthDisparities #EvolutionaryAnthropology #BirthTrends #sciencefeatured #sciencenews
Are More Girls Born When the World Is Under Stress? | Science Featured Series
Challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic have led researchers to explore its possible effects on various aspects of life, including human biology. Peyton ...
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December 4, 2024 at 1:06 PM
I'm absolutely chuffed to be talking at the University of Liverpools #EvolutionaryAnthropology series next week.

What can meaning, materiality, and agency tell us about the evolution of Language and Culture?

If you're interested: shorturl.at/uC4TM
November 15, 2024 at 7:25 PM
@rzliu_anth, @KeithPrufer, and I have a #preprint (in review) up at OSF on #HumanBehavioralEcology in #China. Check it out! Feedback always welcome. #EvolutionaryAnthropology
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October 12, 2024 at 6:48 PM
I'm grateful to have received the #TeachingAward @univie.ac.at 2024 for #LifeSciences in recognition of my course * #excavation - Digital Methods and Applications at Excavations * at the Department of #EvolutionaryAnthropology — congrats to all other winners as well! 🎉
October 9, 2024 at 7:39 PM