Thanks @jcellsci.bsky.social for this opportunity to contribute to your centenary collection with our take on the state of the field - 10 years after its modern reincarnation 🧪🌍 W/ @alebenoit.bsky.social @eelcotromer.bsky.social @fritzlaylin.bsky.social journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

➡️New article out⬅️ The Fate of Behavioral Modernity by Andra Meneganzin @andrameneganzin.bsky.social Free reading link: rdcu.be/eUOUH

Some of the longest-lived organisms on Earth aren’t whales, trees or corals, but microbes buried deep in the earth. This eye-opening essay examines the slowest lives on Earth, asking what such lives mean for how we define life itself @karenlloyd.bsky.social

📣✨️✨️We are hiring! ✨️✨️📣 👇More info👇 #philjobs #hps #evosky #academicsky

1/28 New preprint up, which I think is the best theoretical idea I've ever had. We asked a simple question: what are the costs of investment into non-reproductive somatic cells? Turns out these costs decrease with the *logarithm* of organism size! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

New paper out today w @dalmaijer.bsky.social @barbaraklump.bsky.social and @lucymaplin.bsky.social as part of the Phil Trans special issue doi.org/10.1098/rstb.... Over 2 years, we studied a population of cockatoos thought to be the source of the innovation of bin-opening.

Come work with us! We are looking for a postdoc in #philbio or #philphysics to work on an interdisciplinary project that adopts the lens of self-organization & active matter to explore the boundary between living & nonliving systems www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... #academicsky #philjobs #HPS #evosky

New preprint from our lab: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @olegtolstenkov.bsky.social, Sissel and Rodolfo in collaboration with @appygenetics.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social built a behavioral atlas of the planktonic tunicate Oikopleura dioica across its life cycle.

The Fate of Behavioral Modernity now out in BiolTheory (@biologicaltheory.bsky.social) ! Not OA, but you can access the PDF here: rdcu.be/eTFFX I hope it helps open up a disenchanted conversation abt the evolution of the concept & possible ways forward. #philbio #philsky #evosky #archaeosky 🏺💀

Come work with us! We are looking for a postdoc in #philbio or #philphysics to work on an interdisciplinary project that adopts the lens of self-organization & active matter to explore the boundary between living & nonliving systems www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... #academicsky #philjobs #HPS #evosky

The surprising crab-trap–pulling behavior is described in this article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... We recently published a paper on how animal tool use is conceptualized, offering a framework to make sense of its different forms 👇📃 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #evosky #philsci

Biological Theory is now on Bluesky! We have a new team of editors and a new editorial board. We will soon be posting about all our articles. Find out more about the journal at link.springer.com/journal/13752

I am incredibly honored to have been invited as one of the keynote speakers for the XIV PBCS! This long-standing initiative is very supportive of graduate students & early-career researchers, so I encourage everyone to submit their abstracts! See you in Madrid next year! #HPS #HPbio #cogsci #philsky

The surprising crab-trap–pulling behavior is described in this article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... We recently published a paper on how animal tool use is conceptualized, offering a framework to make sense of its different forms 👇📃 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #evosky #philsci

My latest paper, The Case for Pluralism About Teleological Explanation, is now available @philscijournal.bsky.social! #philsci #HPbio #HPS

Is it a flagellate? A tiny ball with tentacles? Contamination in my ciliate culture? NEW SUPERGROUP OF EUKARYOTES? Yes to all 4! Meet Solarion - just out in #Nature doi.org/10.1038/s415... Huge congrats to Marek Valt, Cepicka Lab & the star team! Very happy to be part of this project. #ProtistsOnSky

⏰DEADLINE APPROACHING Our team member Edoardo Peruzzi organizes a workshop together with @karimbaraghith.bsky.social: "Scientific Progress via Model Transfer? The Case of Cultural Evolution" 📍 Leibniz Universität Hannover 📅 April 9–10, 2026 Below you’ll find more information about CfP 👇

In their new 📃, @elisj.bsky.social & Vincent Cuypers argue that the marine sciences, with their extreme environmental constraints, offer revealing cases for #philsci that can sharpen our understanding of scientific generalization & the role of values 🌊🪸👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #HPBio #HPS

The call for applications for 2026 European Advanced School in Philosophy of Life Sciences is now open! Deadline 15 Jan 2026, theme will be “philosophy of biology for a healthy planet”, all info here: www.kli.ac.at/en/events/ev... graduate students &early postdocs, do consider joining us! #philsci

Much of the empirical & theoretical landscape on #behaviouralmodernity has changed, and many think it’s high time we ditched the concept altogether. Here’s a minority voice in the choir: I’m skeptical that eliminativism is the panacea it’s often made out to be. 🔜 in Biol Theory #philsky #evosky🧪🏺

Our special issue on Evolutionary Functions of Consciousness, coedited with Tecumseh Fitch and Adina Roskies, now online royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202... Contributions by (1) Irina Mikhalevich; (2) Eva Jablonka and Simona Ginsburg; (3) Nicholas Humphrey; (cont'd)

This is a great proposal for studying tool use. I've been thinking about this for a long time, and when I came across it, I was hoping I would dislike it! However, I believe that the "four categories of tool use" approach is the right way to study tool use. Read it if you're interested in the topic

Defining non-human #ToolUse remains contested, complicating scientific generalization & inspiring the concept of “tooling.” Our new 📄 @philscijournal.bsky.social proposes a synthetic framework to advance research on 🔧 use & tooling 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #philsci #cogsci #evosky #HPbio

Only a few days left for abstract submission at the brand new EMBO|EMBL Symposium Collectivity in living systems: emergence, function and evolution. We have stellar speakers in cell, animal collectives & beyond @priscaliberali.bsky.social @icouzin.bsky.social @ricardsole.bsky.social Join us!

I had SO much fun talking to Paul for almost 2 hours about my new book on Schrödinger & molecular biology. Easily one of the most enjoyable podcasts I've ever done. Check it out! P.S. CUP has made the PDF of my book free to download for 2 more weeks. Get it here: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

How did hominins became human? And what is the fate of the "behavioural modernity" concept? Preprint 👇📄 #hpbio #paleosky #philsci

What makes a neurolinguistics experiment worth pursuing? Nevia Dolcini & colleagues propose two axes of pursuitworthiness standing in an asymmetric relationship: methodological (thresholds for epistemic adequacy) & pragmatic (contextual priorities) 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPS

Defining non-human #ToolUse remains contested, complicating scientific generalization & inspiring the concept of “tooling.” Our new 📄 @philscijournal.bsky.social proposes a synthetic framework to advance research on 🔧 use & tooling 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #philsci #cogsci #evosky #HPbio

How did hominins became human? And what is the fate of the "behavioural modernity" concept? Preprint 👇📄 #hpbio #paleosky #philsci

If you know an undergrad that would like to spend the summer doing research in my philosophy of biology lab, encourage them to apply to the U’s SPUR program. Includes a $5,000 stipend and subsidized housing to work in my lab. Details and how to apply here: tinyurl.com/SPUR-PhilBio...

New Element in the #PhilBio series—free to download until Nov 17! Is disease an objective biological fact or a value-laden construct? Peter Takacs argues for a hybrid view that unites both sides under an evolutionary notion of dysfunction👇 www.cambridge.org/core/element... #philsky #philsci #evosky

My paper for the Synthese special issue on Gatekeeping in science is out! 🎉 #PhilSci #HPBio #evobio

The thematic issue I co-edited with @javiersuarez.bsky.social "Complicating the Concept of Lineage" is online. Includes papers by Javier & @phieveigl.bsky.social, @lucielaplane.bsky.social, François Papale, Kate MacCord and me. See reply for links to articles: doi.org/10.1007/s137...

New Element in the #PhilBio series—free to download until Nov 17! Is disease an objective biological fact or a value-laden construct? Peter Takacs argues for a hybrid view that unites both sides under an evolutionary notion of dysfunction👇 www.cambridge.org/core/element... #philsky #philsci #evosky

Conference: Ciprian Jeler, "The meaning and explanatory roles of selective mechanisms in evolutionary biology" November 19, at 13:00 (Argentine time) +info: www.anfibio.com.ar/.../conferen... Please register here to attend the conference: forms.gle/1xp2q5LSgAvL...

Francesco d'Errico, Ivan Colage', and I wrote a paper on the evolution of #collectiveintelligence, epistemic #nicheconstruction, and the material traces of #hominin alterations to informational landscapes. Forthcoming in PTRS B! Preprint 🔗👇 osf.io/preprints/so... 🧪🏺 #philsky #paleosky #evosky

Each generation seems to rediscover the riddle of organismal agency: are organisms agents that pursue intrinsic goals—and how could we know? Our 📕 gathers historians, philosophers & scientists to explore this debate—now available in paperback!👇 www.routledge.com/The-Riddle-o... #philsky #HPS #evobio

I have a new paper out in Synthese! It’s about experimental strategies in the historical sciences, using case studies from origins of life research. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Last chance to download my book for free! It's still available until tomorrow.

Correlation isn’t causation, as the mantra goes—but statistical noise in correlational data can reveal causal information. When X and Y are causally linked, their noise tends to be asymmetric & this can guide #CausalInference. Check out our 📃👇 doi.org/10.1111/nous... #philsky #philsci #StatsSky #HPS

Just a reminder that the @ishpssb.bsky.social 2026 Off-Year Workshops CFP is still OPEN! It’s a way to support community members to meet in smaller settings and expand the society’s reach. Apply below if you’re organizing a workshop before early 2027! #philsky #philsci #biology #hps #histsci #sts

Correlation isn’t causation, as the mantra goes—but statistical noise in correlational data can reveal causal information. When X and Y are causally linked, their noise tends to be asymmetric & this can guide #CausalInference. Check out our 📃👇 doi.org/10.1111/nous... #philsky #philsci #StatsSky #HPS

New Element in the Philosophy of Biology series—free to download until Oct. 24! @djnicholson.bsky.social uncovers Schrödinger’s motivations for writing "What Is Life?", revisits its central arguments & examines the book’s lasting impact on cell & molecular biology👇 www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Just accepted: How Do We Know If Animals Remember? Proximal Functions and the Distribution of Episodic Memory – Arieh Schwartz & Alexandria Boyle Abstract in alt text or read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky

New Element in the Philosophy of Biology series—free to download until Oct. 24! @djnicholson.bsky.social uncovers Schrödinger’s motivations for writing "What Is Life?", revisits its central arguments & examines the book’s lasting impact on cell & molecular biology👇 www.cambridge.org/core/element...

We are excited to share our latest paper contributing to the debate on the representational status of model organisms! Drawing on and refining the DEKI account of scientific representation, we argue that MOs are best understood as 'model carriers' 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPBio

Are you curious about what computational methods can offer to #HPS? Then check out the edited volume by Grant Ramsey & @andreasdeblock.bsky.social, published by @upittpress.bsky.social, showcasing key tools, questions, and investigative perspectives 👇📕💻 upittpress.org/books/978082... #philsky #DH

The Quarterly Review of Biology turns 100! We are celebrating our anniversary with free-to-read articles from the archives, through 2026. Learn more: ow.ly/xXli50X7Z5B

Are you curious about what computational methods can offer to #HPS? Then check out the edited volume by Grant Ramsey & @andreasdeblock.bsky.social, published by @upittpress.bsky.social, showcasing key tools, questions, and investigative perspectives 👇📕💻 upittpress.org/books/978082... #philsky #DH

Our team member Edoardo Peruzzi organizes a workshop together with @karimbaraghith.bsky.social: "Scientific Progress via Model Transfer? The Case of Cultural Evolution" 📍 Leibniz Universität Hannover 📅 April 9–10, 2026 Below you’ll find more information about the workshop and the CfP 👇