This study of four cohorts of French schoolchildren shows that the gender gap in math (girls falling behind) begins essentially immediately as soon as kids start school. They use the natural variation in kids' ages at school start to show that it's school entry, not age, that triggers the change.

Why did evolution give us menopause? And why is it only humans and a handful of whales that seem to experience it? A short piece on evolution, reproductive conflict, and the mystery of grandmothers. nicholaraihani.substack.com/p/why-did-ev...

Fully funded. Deadline: 27 May 2026. 🔗 ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Please repost or tag someone who fits.

⚠️ Deadlines are approaching! ⚠️ Interested in disgust and, more broadly, human disease avoidance? 🚨 Two PhD positions are currently open: see thread below 👇

Fantastic example of intellectual humility from @drsarahmyers at #ehbea2026, re-evaluating a previously published paper of her own using more robust methods. Advice to the audience: “be more reflective”

🚨✨ JOB OFFERS ✨🚨 🧠 Interested in disgust and human disease avoidance? 🦠🤢 🎓 2 PhD positions (Montpellier 🇫🇷) + 1 postdoc (Stockholm 🇸🇪) now open! 📢 Exciting projects in VR, psychophysiology, psychoneuroimmunology, social behavior, and health 🧵 Details + deadlines in thread below!

💸 Budget options: FlixBus → www.flixbus.fr BlaBlaCar → www.blablacar.com ✈️ Flights: www.bordeaux.aeroport.fr/vols-destina... 🚆 Trains: www.ter.sncf.com/nouvelle-aqu... 📣 Abstract deadline: April 10, 2026 🔗 ishe.org/conferences-... #ISHE2026 #ISHE26 #HumanEthology

Getting to Les Eyzies for ISHE 2026 is easier than it might seem ✨ The best option is to fly into Bordeaux (BOD), with direct international connections, and take a train (1 change).

COME AND JOIN OUR MEET & GREET! 📽️❤️‍🔥 Following up, before @ehbea2026.bsky.social , we have @jeannebovet.bsky.social , the vice president of @ehbea.bsky.social , who tells us a bit about herself and how conferences are organised 🤓 🙌 💯 Have a look and #MeetTheBoard 👇👇👇 youtube.com/shorts/fsxNE...

Amazing PhD project with a wonderful set of supervisors! This is a rare topic of study, so if you’re into it, embrace this opportunity!

Relevant for @pnirs.bsky.social @ispne.bsky.social !!

🚨 4-year PhD 🚨 Study how disgust 🤢 shapes food avoidance 🙅 & immune responses 🩸 through VR 🎮 + lab exp + psychophysiology with @csarabian.bsky.social, Marie Charpentier (@mandrillusproject.bsky.social) & me ⏳ Oct 2026 | ⚠️ Deadline May 20 📍 Univ Montpellier 🇫🇷 --> euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/422430

⚠️ 2-year Postdoc – Experimental Psychology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 🇸🇪 Join @matsjolsson.bsky.social lab 🦠 & study human behavioral defenses using experiments, fMRI & biological markers 🧠🧪 PhD in psychology, neuroscience, or related field 🎓 More info --> ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Spring is in the air, and we’re getting excited for #EHBEA2026! Hope you are too! ⏳ Registration for EHBEA 2026 closes April 1 👀 We know… suspicious timing. But it’s real! Grab your spot while you can! #[AI]volution #ConferenceSeason #EvolutionaryHumanSciences #Cognition #BehaviouralScience

The 28th ISHE Biennial Congress will take place at the Musée National de Préhistoire in Les Eyzies. Join us for a week of science and discussion in this unique setting. 📍 Les Eyzies, France 📅 June 21–27, 2026 📣 Abstract submission deadline: April 3, 2026 More info: ishe.org/conferences-...

How did farming reach the Southern Andes? Through migration or cultural transmission? Our new paper in @nature.com combines ancient DNA, isotopes, archaeology & paleoclimate to reconstruct 2,000+ years of history in Uspallata, Mendoza. www.nature.com/articles/s41... A Thread🧵 (1/25+)

#ISHE #ISHE2026 #HumanEthology #Prehistory #Archaeology

The ISHE 2026 social programme combines science with exploration of the Dordogne’s remarkable prehistoric heritage. 📍 Les Eyzies, France 📅 June 21–27, 2026 📣 Submit your abstract by April 3, 2026, and register to join us. More info: ishe.org/conferences-...

🤖🛠️ #EHBEA2026 Workshop As part of the [AI]volution track, Lennard Froma will lead a workshop (Tue 14 April) on using Large Language Models (LLMs) to process qualitative data. Analyse and classify while keeping data on your own machine—more private, efficient & researcher-friendly 🔒💻👉 ehbea2026.com

Our March issue is a Focus on "Evolution in medicine", out now! www.nature.com/natecolevol/... Including research & opinion on: ➡️Somatic evolution and health ➡️Predicting intrahost evolution ➡️Collateral sensitivity during antibiotic therapy Cover illustration by Alex Cagan @atjcagan.bsky.social

🏆✨ Congratulations to Hana Hubová, recipient of the Owen F. Aldis Award 2026! We wish her the very best of luck with her project and look forward to hearing more about the results at one of our upcoming conferences.

📘 Nouveau livre ! Introduction à la statistique bayésienne avec le logiciel R Découvrez pas à pas la statistique bayésienne et sa mise en œuvre dans R : théorème de Bayes, MCMC, priors, régression, GLM/GLMM et comparaison/validation de modèles. Aux éditions Quae 🙏 📷 Crédit photo : Yann Raulet

Don't forget! ⏰ Early Bird Registration for #EHBEA2026 closes TOMORROW! 🐦✨ Don’t miss your chance to secure a discounted spot at four days of inspiring research, stimulating keynotes & vibrant discussion in Leiden 🇳🇱🧠🌷 Register now and join us 14–17 April! 📅 ➡️https://www.ehbea2026.com/

🔥28th Congress of the International Society for Human Ethology 📢 Call for Abstracts — Open! 📍 Les Eyzies, France 📅 June 21–27, 2026 ⏳ Deadline: April 3, 2026 More info and submit here: ishe.org/conferences-and-summer-institutes/ #ISHE2026 #HumanEthology #CallForAbstracts #AcademicConference

'Patterns of genetic diversity on the X and Y chromosomes suggested that European-farmer ancestry seemed to arrive mostly through females. “We really do think that the bits and pieces of the farming lifestyle that were incorporated by these hunter-gathering groups came in through...women".'

We're getting excited... just putting the finishing touches to **PsychoPy Studio** This is a complete rewrite of the PsychoPy Builder/Coder app, now packaged in Electron. Faster load, modernised UI, web-ready, independent of the Python interpreter 🎉 🚀 blog.psychopy.org/general%20bl...

🌟 Introducing the plenary speakers 🌟 We are bringing you the remaining plenary speakers who will join us at the International Society for Human Ethology Congress 2026 in Les Eyzies, France. 📅 Dates: June 21 – 27, 2026 For more information, visit: ishe.org/conferences-...

Happy #WplusEBSWednesday! Reposting this 🙌 Submit your abstracts for the International Society for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health by March 1st! #conferences #WplusEBS #evolution

Was excited to talk to @davidpinsof.bsky.social and @dpietra.bsky.social on their stellar podcast. We covered pandemic lockdowns, how comfortable you'd be touching your friend's sweaty socks, why politicians are disgusting, and whether some core concepts in evolutionary psychology even make sense.

🚨WINNER ANNOUNCEMET🚨 EHBEA wants to congratulate @drboothroyd.bsky.social and @sheinalew.bsky.social on earning the 2026 EHBEA Award in Excellence in Public Communication and Outreach👏 @durhampsych.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk

Cool study showing just how common it is for capuchins to anoint themselves and each other with the antimicrobial toxins produced by millipedes. 🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

One week left to submit your abstracts to #HBES2026 16 Jan deadline! @hbes2026.bsky.social @humbehevosoc.bsky.social We’re scouting banquet locations. Hope to see you in Rabat!!

#voxprimato #bourses 🚨 J-1 avant la date limite de candidature pour une bourse mobilité pour aller au congrès de l’European Fédération of Primatology @efp2026.bsky.social à Montpellier, France, du 29 juin au 3 juillet!! Tous les détails 👇🏽 et sur notre site sfdp-primatologie.net/index.php?pa...

Applications for our upcoming Summer School have been extended until January 15! 🤝 Apply now: www.tse-fr.eu/toulouse-sum... @olkcampbell.bsky.social @maximederex.bsky.social @lfitouchi.bsky.social @cmolho.bsky.social @ccavaille.bsky.social

The International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health will hold its annual meeting 28-31 July in Kiel, Germany. Abstract submission deadline 1 March isemph.org/page-18356

🚨 CONFERENCE DEADLINE 🚨 9 January is the last day to submit your abstract for @ehbea2026.bsky.social See you in April! 😊

Joy to All! ❄️ We wish you all a very festive Christmas and a happy New Year!🎄✨ EHBEA is approaching, and we’re excited to welcome you! Check www.ehbea2026.com for new info on hotel deals and room-sharing options. Don’t forget: the abstract submission deadline is 9 January. See you in Leiden in 2026!

🎄 Happy Holidays from ISHE! Our social media will be on a short year-end break. Meanwhile: 📌 Info on the 2026 ISHE Congress 👉 ishe.org/conferences-... 📌 Owen Aldis Award submissions open until Jan 19, 2026 👉 ishe.org/awards/ See you soon! ✨

Our new paper outlines how more attention to olfaction in perinatal care could help breastfeeding and bonding www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @stir.ac.uk @berg-stirling.bsky.socia Funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social

🌟 Introducing the first plenary speakers! 🌟 We’re excited to introduce the first plenary speakers for the International Society for Human Ethology Congress 2026 in Les Eyzies, France! 📅 Dates: June 21 – 27, 2026 For more information, visit: ishe.org/conferences-...

Are you curious about electrogastrography, but keep getting chicken-related results when googling "EGG"? We have the preprint for you! In this tutorial, we describe how to acquire and analyse gastric data from human participants. Plus FREE software! Read it here: arxiv.org/abs/2509.17260

We’re hiring for two postdoctoral positions in Social and Behavioral Sciences! 💼 👉 Two Postdoctoral Researchers with a PhD in psychology, cognitive science, anthropology, or related disciplines. 🗓️ Starting date: September 2026 👉 Learn more and apply now: www.tse-fr.eu/fr/recrutement

✨NEW WEBSITE✨ We are finishing the year with a brand new website, so please stop by, have a look, and enjoy the new looks of EHBEA 💫 👇 👇 👇 www.ehbea.org

For more advice, I found this blog very useful: mathurinm.github.io/cnrs_inria_a... thank you @mathurinmassias.bsky.social Remember: the CNRS recrutes a person for their project and profile, on a permanent contract! #ambition #feasability #scientificdepth Good luck to all! 😎💪🏼

The 2026 CNRS researcher competitions are now open! >500 positions are available, 100% research (and more if you want/can (teaching, outreach, innovation...)), in a lab, all over France. gestionoffres.dsi.cnrs.fr/fo/offres/de...

The deadline for abstracts for the 2026 European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association has been extended to 9 January 👇

Want to support PCI Psychology? You can register for an account to make it easier for recommenders to find you and invite you as a reviewer! Register here psych.peercommunityin.org/default/user... and carefully fill out the "Areas of Expertise" box. #PsychSciSky #SciPub