Was great to contribute to this conversation about advancing equity, diversity and inclusion in the evolutionary behavioral sciences. Still a LONG way to go, but I'm optimistic things are moving in the right direction. royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...

It would have never been possible without the support of my research group, who advised, listened and helped me all throughout the academic year. Thanks EcoLearn! 👩🏽‍🤝‍👩🏼👩🏼‍⚕️

Theme Issue alert! Featuring awardees and the grant team of the CES Transformation Fund grant scheme, including DCERC members @rachkendal.bsky.social, @sheinalew.bsky.social, @amandinevisine.bsky.social, and @sarahewright.bsky.social

Today sees the publication of the Theme Issue featuring the CES Transformation Fund grant scheme. Enjoy! royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3... @durhamdcerc.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social @cultevolfunding.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social

Cultural transmission and market participation in a Congo Basin village url: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...

Jerome's talk on Nov 25 vimeo.com/1141995002?f...

⚠️ New paper! Why do words sound so similar? In an agent-based model + communication game, we show that production/comprehension pressures trade off to shape lexicon structure. In @cognitionjournal.bsky.social w/ @simonkirby.bsky.social & Jenny Culbertson. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Governments and investors are seeking minerals, timber and oil in the Congo Basin to fuel the global economy & the green transition. However, communities that have lived in the world’s second-largest rainforest for generations are paying the highest price for extraction, according to a new report.

New paper! We found that intensifying market integration in Rep. Congo does not uniformly shape BaYaka and Bantu adolescent behaviour and consumption, and that adolescents may be contributing to shifts in norms regarding the sharing of money. rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

It is already the 2nd day at the Global Hub on Indigenous People Food Systems, during the World Food Forum organised by the FAO. Productive discussions between indigenous elders, academics, and politicians, about food security, diversity and peace.

Did you know it's currently Banned Books Week? 📚 Come and explore our display in Bill Bryson Library! This week, we're celebrating books that have been challenged, removed, or silenced, and the people who write and share them.

Pictures taken by the camp manager, who is also my big brother: a selfless, brave and amazingly valuable man in conservation. I am so proud of him! 💚🌿🦍

Science and society thrive through collaboration! Meet our Feodor Lynen Research fellow @fhillemann.bsky.social ‬ and her host @sheinalew.bsky.social, as they reflect on the importance of shared learning in both indigenous communities and academia. www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/explore/n...

💙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...

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

@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/...

Durham's Dunagree Lab continues to be the most wonderful workplace. Thank you to @sheinalew.bsky.social, @chimpanzeve.bsky.social, @fhillemann.bsky.social, @amandinevisine.bsky.social and others not on Bluesky for the surprise baby shower today 🥹

A project started shortly before Covid hit has finally arrived in print, phew!

Starting the week strong 💪 we share now the plenary talk of @heidicolleran.bsky.social, which was part of @ehbea2025.bsky.social Here, she talks about the misconceptions and the biases behind the idea of “natural fertility”👶 Pass by, have a look, and stay tuned! youtu.be/8Ch1t7zpW10?...

Thank you to all 🗳️ Durham University voters 🗳️ who gave my poster the 1st place in the DCAD Poster competition! 🥇 This means a lot! All your comments and feedback were highly useful 🌸

Did you know that our field guide to cross-cultural research on childhood learning is completely FREE? books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp...

Yesterday, my poster... 🌿- BaYaka nursing mothers and girls engage in 'Relay Cooperation' during foraging trips -🌿 ... won the Runner Up position at DCAD (Durham Centre for Academic Development) annual Poster Competition! 🥈 I am glad that the content appealed to academics out of Anthropology! 🌍

Throwback on a great Summer School week at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social: Great Talks, great talks, a beautiful blue sky, and a gorgeous city. Additionally, we learnt a lot about the history of Belfast and Northern Ireland. Thank you to all the academics for sharing. 💚 @ninedtp.bsky.social

I am honoured to be a finalist in the DCAD (Durham Centre for Academic Development) 2025 poster competition! My entry outlines the aims and intentions for my PhD research, grounding the importance of research surrounding queer experiences of prison spaces.

Yesterday, NINE DTP Summer School started at Queen's University, Belfast! The first keynote was a fascinating talk by Foluke Adebisi, on the history and aspects of decolonisation. @ninedtp.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

If you have a hunter-gatherer related paper sitting in your file-drawer with excellent methods but a 'null' finding, please consider the Journal of Hunter-Gatherer Research. Submission instructions are on our website: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journal/hgr

Inclusion of #dementia in the WHO’s and UN’s discussions about non-communicable diseases could drastically change attitudes worldwide and could improve access to care and support for people living with the condition and their carers, writes Paola Barbarino in Nature. 🧪

Today I received the books ordered by @ehbea.bsky.social for the Poster Award. 🥰 This is going to be perfect reading for my PhD. 📚 Thanks again @ehbea2025.bsky.social!

This week, Eco Durham hosted a powerful and insightful event. Using an intersectional lens, 3 speakers (see 🧵) presented how Environmentalism is often weaponised by colonial powers. This was a truly moving panel which, through the pain and injustice, raised hope, awareness and solidarity.

A couple of pictures from Tuesday, received the price and vouchers, delivered by @cristinacost.bsky.social and @durhamrmcentre.bsky.social. a The said picture, caption, and description are below 👇🏻 'A Drop of Knowledge'

My picture won the first prize of the Open Category! Thanks to the voters 🥰

In Chapter 2, we cover the history and traditions of research on cross-cultural childhood learning, noting the narrow framework of the western lens. We highlight how disciplines have come together to deepen our understanding of this topic. www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...

The campus of @york.ac.uk is absolutely dreamy! So much wildlife and so many colours! 🐰🦢🦆🌳

I'd like to share about the different chapters in our book! I'll do one a day :) In the first chapter, we promote a comprehensive, culturally informed approach to studying childhood. We define what childhood is, and why childhood learning matters. www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...

Today, I travelled to @york.ac.uk to attend The Seeds of Hope and Action Exhibition. Talks, Exhibition, Workshops and great conversations on interconnectedness between individuals, others, and their environment, for social and environmental change. 🌳👩🏽‍🤝‍👩🏼 #SeedsofHopeandAction

I'm THRILLED that our book is out. This book, with other 60 contributors from across the globe (!!!) is a love letter to the science we want to do, and a how-to guide for how to do it. Please read it and share it!

Job announcement 🚨: paid fieldwork opportunity with Sanguatsiniq research project! Details in thread ⬇️ Please share!

Something tells me im in the right place for studying cultural evolution More positive news from #EHBEA2025, as @durhamdcerc.bsky.social picks up their third prize Congrats @emilymljeffries.bsky.social & again to @georgiamt.bsky.social & @amandinevisine.bsky.social for smashing it out of the park

Many thanks to the EHBEA 2025 attendees who trusted me with the Best Poster Award (Public vote)! 🌿 It is the first time I present my own data and truly lead the project, and your questions and insights came really helpful. @ehbea.bsky.social @ehbea2025.bsky.social @ninedtp.bsky.social

Super happy end to the conference as my and @zannaclay.bsky.social 's student Georgia Tuohy wins best talk! And @amandinevisine.bsky.social who works with @sheinalew.bsky.social wins best poster (pic to follow). @durhamdevsci.bsky.social on a roll! 😆 @durhampsych.bsky.social #ehbea #ehbea2025

@ehbea.bsky.social president @rebeccasear.bsky.social invites ideas on how we (as a scientific society, but also more generally as scientists) can do individually and collectively to Stand Up For Science, and invited an inspirational group of researchers to kickstart the discussion

Some key members were missing from our dungaree-get-together last week But @sheinalew.bsky.social 's lab represent at #EHBEA2025 @fhillemann.bsky.social @amandinevisine.bsky.social @evolvingmoloch.bsky.social

intense conferencing at #EHBEA2025: talked about "going-out" decisions, work w/ @babeheim.bsky.social @elspethready.bsky.social and stepped in presenting on food sharing networks in response to community expansion, part of the Sanguatsiniq project (github.com/sanguatsiniq/sharing_ontogenesis_public)

Amazingly inspiring talk from @heidicolleran.bsky.social, challenging misconceptions on fertility and calling for more ethnographically oriented demography! @ehbea.bsky.social @ehbea2025.bsky.social

Very stimulating plenary talk about how the cultural organisation of reproduction has been crucial for human evolutionary success 🤓 #EHBEA2025 @ehbea.bsky.social @ehbea2025.bsky.social @heidicolleran.bsky.social

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)

EHBEA 2025 is going wonderfully. Can't wait to present my work and observations on BaYaka Women and girls engaging on 'Relay Cooperation' in the Congo, and hear your questions and insights. 🌿 @ehbea.bsky.social @ehbea2025.bsky.social @durhampsych.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social

This morning at EHBEA 2025, a talk on infant feeding practice diversity and their moralisation. @ehbea.bsky.social @ehbea2025.bsky.social

Really cool and interesting talk showing the high diversity of infant feeding practices and the moral views related to them in rural Poland! #EHBEA2025 @ehbea2025.bsky.social @ehbea.bsky.social @heidicolleran.bsky.social @drsarahmyers.bsky.social