It is publication day for The Organism-Environment Pairing (@mitpress.bsky.social)! This 📗 has been deeply formative for me as a scholar, and it owes so much to so many wonderful people. I truly hope it finds many readers! mitpress.mit.edu/978026205282... #booksky #philsci #histsci #philsky #evosky

Do bonobos have social norms? In my new paper, I argue that bonobos exhibit genuine forms of normativity regulated through shared social mechanisms. Their social life may be far closer to human normativity than we usually assume critica.filosoficas.unam.mx/index.php/cr...

📣Nasce #PIPoLS, People of the Italian Philosophy of Life Sciences!📣In questo e nei prossimi thread vi racconteremo chi siamo, i nostri obiettivi e i valori che condividiamo. Seguiteci e condividete per restare aggiornati sulle nostre attività! ⏭️ #philsky #philbio #philmed #philcogsci #evosky

The Organism-Environment Pairing will be published in exactly two weeks by @mitpress.bsky.social ! I am so excited to share it with everyone! If you spot copies in the wild, please do let me know, as I would love to see them! mitpress.mit.edu/978026205282... #philsky #HPS #evosky #boosky #histsci 🌱🐋

It's been a year since we joined 🦋! We are a philosophy group interested in the life sciences—esp #evobio #CellBiology #PaleoSky, the behavioral & cognitive sciences and #AI. Give us a follow for research updates & highlights of exciting work across philosophy & science! #philsci #philsky #cogsci 🐋🌱

It's been a year since we joined 🦋! We are a philosophy group interested in the life sciences—esp #evobio #CellBiology #PaleoSky, the behavioral & cognitive sciences and #AI. Give us a follow for research updates & highlights of exciting work across philosophy & science! #philsci #philsky #cogsci 🐋🌱

Excited to share a new article written with fantastic co-authors Towards an Integrated Understanding of Animal Weapons www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🎉 The winner of the 2nd Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation Prize is the brilliant @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social. Congratulations! Her 2025 thesis “Cracking Capuchins” dives deep into how tool use shapes survival and evolution. Some capuchins wield stones like pros, others don’t.

Do microbial organisms undergo programmed cell death (PCD)? 🦠🔬 In their latest piece, Pierre Durand and Grant Ramsey (@theramseylab.bsky.social) argue that an evolutionary concept of PCD applies to all cells across the tree of life. 📚👇 link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... #evosky #HPbio #philsci

Now out in PTRSB!🔥 Wherein Francesco d'Errico, Ivan Colage & I track the emergence & trajectory of hominin epistemic #nicheconstruction through material culture—the alteration of the informational landscape via spaces, bodily ornaments, & artificial memory systems. #evosky #archeosky #philsky

New paper out in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: we apply linguistic tools to sperm whale vowels. The result: sperm whale vowels do not just look like human vowels. They also behave like them. We found several parallels. Like in Latin, whales have short and long vowels.

Join us at the LS2 #Theory #across #Biology chalk talk symposium! 12 June 2026 in Bern, CH. @lifesciswitzerland.bsky.social No movies that fail, no Mac to PC issues. Only the best ideas and exchange across biology from evolution and ecology to physics of life. meetings.ls2.ch/theory-acros...

Will read - article from Guido I. Prieto and Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda link.springer.com/article/10.1...

1/25 New paper out in PNAS! We show that the fitness costs of reproductive specialization, where somatic cells give up reproduction, scale inversely with organism size. Larger organisms can afford far more soma, removing a key barrier to multicellular complexity.

LLMs are often referred to as "stochastic parrots 🦜," a label that assumes they cannot bear meaning. But how could this be evaluated? @tjc1999.bsky.social distinguishes three problems around #AI and meaning in a short Substack reflection 👇 moralweights.substack.com/p/should-we-... #philsky #philsci

A new review of Jan Baedke’s #OpenAccess Cambridge Element The Organism (@universitypress.cambridge.org), by Matthew Sims (@philosobio.bsky.social), has been published in @thebjps.bsky.social Review of Books! Check it out! 👇📕 www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook... #HPBio #philsky #HPS #evosky #booksky

LLMs are often referred to as "stochastic parrots 🦜," a label that assumes they cannot bear meaning. But how could this be evaluated? @tjc1999.bsky.social distinguishes three problems around #AI and meaning in a short Substack reflection 👇 moralweights.substack.com/p/should-we-... #philsky #philsci

My PhD paper on my beloved cycads and beetles on the cover of Science!!! Check out how we studied thermal infrared as a pollination signal, from molecular mechanisms to the wonders of behavior... science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A new review of Jan Baedke’s #OpenAccess Cambridge Element The Organism (@universitypress.cambridge.org), by Matthew Sims (@philosobio.bsky.social), has been published in @thebjps.bsky.social Review of Books! Check it out! 👇📕 www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook... #HPBio #philsky #HPS #evosky #booksky

Culture was assumed to be unique to humans, but recent scientific discoveries have revealed that it's in fact widespread in the animal kingdom. This #PhilTransB issue is the first to present a comprehensive picture of the science & implications of this: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...

My new paper on this classic article is out! I argue that the core argument is mostly forgotten/misremembered, and that it in fact revolves around the two "methods of study" which the authors propose. Teleology and purpose find their place in science as part of the "behavioral method of study"

📢 @barnesandnoble.com is offering 25% off book preorders from today through March 26th, including my forthcoming The Organism–Environment Pairing! (@mitpress.bsky.social) 📗👇 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-organi... If you were thinking about getting a copy, now is the perfect time! #HPS #booksky🐋🌱

For those interested in the relation between HPS and science itself, here is our new page about HPS Mentoring in Science (with Alan Love and Tobias Uller) www.hps-mentoring-in-biology.org

A very interesting volume edited by Mathilde Lequin (@pacea.bsky.social) & Juan Manuel Rodríguez Caso examining historical & epistemological dimensions of human evolutionary research. A much welcome contribution to the growing field of the philosophy of paleoanthropology. #hpbio #paleosky #philsky

How does development shape the variation evolution can act on? In our new paper in @pnas.org , we bridge developmental dynamics and quantitative genetics, linking dynamical models of phenotype formation with the statistical parameters used to study evolutionary change www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

What a joy to finally share the cover of The Organism–Environment Pairing (@mitpress.bsky.social)! The 📗 will be out on May 12 📆! I look forward to the conversations it sparks among scientists, philosophers & historians! mitpress.mit.edu/978026205282... #evosky #histsci #philsci #philsky #booksky 🌱🐋

Do non-human animals represent time? New Element in the #PhilBio series by Angelica Kaufmann—free to download until March 16! Kaufmann argues that temporal cognition is widespread across many animal species & advances comparative analyses 👇📕 www.cambridge.org/core/element... #evosky #HPS #cogsci

Welcome to the social media page of the International Philosophy of Biology Circle (IPBC) 🌐 Our aim is to foster an interdisciplinary forum for dialogue on the theoretical, conceptual, historical, and ethical dimensions of the life sciences. Visit our website to learn more: www.phil-bio-circle.org

Do non-human animals represent time? New Element in the #PhilBio series by Angelica Kaufmann—free to download until March 16! Kaufmann argues that temporal cognition is widespread across many animal species & advances comparative analyses 👇📕 www.cambridge.org/core/element... #evosky #HPS #cogsci

After several years of work, my lab is starting to put out our first papers on learning in a unicellular organism (Stentor coeruleus). Here we show evidence for a form of associative learning in Stentor: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

It has been argued that what sets model organisms apart from other experimental 🐋🌱 is their high representational power. In our latest 📃, we argue otherwise: the hallmark of MOs lies in the dimensions of modeling versatility they afford to scientists 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPS

New Element in the #PhilBio series by Silvia De Cesare—free to download until March 2! De Cesare examines the thorny issue of 'evolutionary progress,' recounting the arguments against and in favor of cashing out this contested notion 👇📕 www.cambridge.org/core/element... #evosky #HPS #philsky

New Element in the #PhilBio series by Silvia De Cesare—free to download until March 2! De Cesare examines the thorny issue of 'evolutionary progress,' recounting the arguments against and in favor of cashing out this contested notion 👇📕 www.cambridge.org/core/element... #evosky #HPS #philsky

Our BehaveAI paper has just come out! Easy & effective tracking & behavioural classification, even with tiny (2px), fast moving, camouflaged objects. Paper: doi.org/10.1371/jour... Download: github.com/troscianko/B... @uniexecec.bsky.social @kevinjgaston.bsky.social @jimamclgalloway.bsky.social

How does the strength of genetic drift evolve over long times? New preprint out 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

How did childhood evolve? @andrameneganzin.bsky.social & @adrian-currie.bsky.social argue that childhood is a ‘trait complex,’ and this engenders trade-offs between the precision & historical relevance of tests performed in #BehavioralEcology 👇📃 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #evosky #philsci

Yes well said!! "Behaviourally complex"!! Time we finally recognised that you don't need to be a "higher" animal to exhibit behavioural complexity...

Final reminder 📢 We are looking for a #philbio or #philphysics postdoc for an interdisciplinary project exploring the boundary between living and nonliving systems through the lens of self-organization & active matter 👇 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... #philjobs #philsky #HPS #devbio Please share!

A new theme issue of #PhilTransB examines the mechanisms of learning from social interaction. Read articles for free: buff.ly/K8v43YM

Final reminder 📢 We are looking for a #philbio or #philphysics postdoc for an interdisciplinary project exploring the boundary between living and nonliving systems through the lens of self-organization & active matter 👇 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... #philjobs #philsky #HPS #devbio Please share!

For any one who might be curious as to why monitor lizards might have more sophisticated cognitive abilities when compared to many other closely related lizards here are a few evolutionary hypothesis. I'd more than happy to share a copy of the paper with anyone interested. Enjoy! lnkd.in/e94-Q5uw

Franz Manni and Francesco D'Errico have put together a HUGE book on the state of the art of the #anthropology & #archaeology of body modification 📿🎨 Ancient beads & pigment (& much more) lovers, this one's for you 👀 #Philsky #evosky #archaeosky #humanevo 🏺

Final days to submit an abstract to #PBCS2026! If you are an early-career scholar looking for a supportive environment to discuss your work & meet international peers, consider applying! Another plus this year: The workshop will be in Madrid! sites.google.com/view/xivpbcs... #HPbio #philsci #philsky

The human #chin is a fascinating evolutionary puzzle. This study on craniomandibular form in hominoids lends support to Gould & Lewontin's spandrel hypothesis. Much still hinges on what we count as a genuine morphological character & how that maps (or doesn’t) onto the 'traits' we measure & track.

I'm touched by the incredibly generous assessments that some of the first readers of "The Organism-Environment Pairing" (@mitpress.bsky.social) have offered! I'm excited to exchange ideas with everyone once the book is published in May! 📗 mitpress.mit.edu/978026205282... #HPbio #HPS #evosky #philsky

Scientists are investigating putative cognitive capacities in non-neuronal organisms. But how evolutionarily grounded is this approach? @alejandrofabregastejeda.com & @philosobio.bsky.social evaluate basal cognition research in their 📃👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #evodevo #evosky #cogsci #HPS

Exclusive: These bee-hunting beetles are the first animals known to fake the smell of flowers, according to a new study. https://scim.ag/49Bf8ho

Very happy to learn that I'll be attending the Cultural Evolutionary Society Conference next May in Rabat! Hope to see many friends and colleagues there, and chat about innovation in the Middle Paleolithic 😉 🪨 #CES2026 #philbio #paleosky #evosky

Our new paper (with @biotay.bsky.social) is out and on the cover story of @currentbiology.bsky.social !!!! Veronika, a Carinthian mountain cow flexibly uses a “multi-purpose tool” to scratch herself. A video and more information will follow in the comments. www.cell.com/current-biol...

New on the Archive: Dani, Gianmaria and Ramsey, Grant (2025) Tool Use Beyond Humans. Philosophy of Science, 92 (4). pp. 883-899. ISSN 1539-767X https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27952/