Oxytocin varies across the lifecourse in a sex-specific way - new paper in @pnas.org working with Tsimane communities. For women, OT looks like a sex hormone and is linked to breastfeeding and childcare. For men, probably more related to health and aging. www.linkedin.com/posts/uzh-me...

Harmony in the hive? Think again! 🐝⚔️ Insect societies are famous for cooperation, but beneath the surface lies a brutal conflict over who gets to wear the crown! Our new review in Biological Reviews explores the evolutionary battleground caused by such caste fate conflict. 🧵

"‘Which is the best university in the world?’ is not a useful question. ‘Which university might be best for me, given that I care about X and Y?’ is a better question — but one for which current measures are unlikely to provide a good answer" www.nature.com/articles/d41...

'The manosphere’s enthusiasm for evolution goes beyond appropriation and selective interpretation of existing research' New paper by LouisBachaud et al | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

PhD opportunity: MOVE Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c... Deadline: 12/01/26 Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...

Brunel's press release about our (@hggaddy.bsky.social @anthrolog.bsky.social) recent publication, showing that high levels of polygyny don't necessarily lock men out of the marriage market www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Evolutionary psychologists have long believed that men prefer physical traits in women which are cues to high potential fertility. A new review concludes: “current evidence base is too weak to support the claim that women’s feminine morphological traits are associated with reproductive potential”

My first paper, out in PsychReview!! Along with @orbenamy.bsky.social, Nik & @jaeggiadrian.bsky.social, @realadamhunt.bsky.social & I revisit an old theoretical question using concepts from evo psychiatry and anthro: Why do mixed associations exist b/w social media & mental health? A 🧵

This is one of the rare papers that completely changed my thinking about the field I work in. Have a read!

We're looking forward to hosting you!!

My department is hiring an assistant professor of environmental behavioral sciences. The research area is open but we are particularly interested in people with research on collective action or computational social sciences. Happy to answer questions about the Doerr School or the department.

Just got this book by one of my favourite anthropologists (and people) in the mail - if it's only half as good as the gushing advanced praise, this'll be an instant classic! Also, brilliant title, immediately putting to bed the notion that long lifespan is a new thing; we've evolved to live to ~70

🚨 New, short article by myself, Clark Barrett and @kevinlala.bsky.social on the legacy of Wilson's 'Sociobiology: The New Synthesis', which was published 50 years ago. @science.org #ehbea #histbiol #evobio #psyscisky Revisiting the human sociobiology debate |Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Hot on the tail of our Tsimane IGE study comes the theory paper that motivated it! What are the ecological causes and evolutionary consequences of social plasticity in dynamic environments? See our new Functional Ecology paper to find out more besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Jordan Martin @jsmartin.bsky.social used a sophisticated evo quant gen approach to show that neighboring women enhance each other's fertility among the Tsimane, which accelerates adaptive evolution. This 'social drive' helps explain the rapid pace of human evolution. See thread and paper for more!

📣 Join the K/Creative Ape Team 🤓 2 PhDs on Creativity in Wild Chimpanzees & Bonobos; w myself & the v awesome @kathelijnekoops.bsky.social @snf-fns.ch Uni Zurich @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @efp2026.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primbehavecol.bsky.social 🐵🧪

Is there a cognitive hierachy between ecto- and endotherms driven by brain size/neuron counts? Probably not. Very interesting opinion piece by @zegnitriki.bsky.social et al., shifting focus to sensory–motor integration to explain brain size differences.🧪 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Some coverage from the #BBC about our study comparing the empathic tendencies of chimpanzees and bonobos www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ever wondered if the mind really is modular? Ego disorders suggest so! In this new paper, psychiatrist Gheorghe Ilie and I argue that dysfunctions of the unitary self reveal the work of distinct modules, perceived by patients as distinct voices, often in conflict www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

Applications now open for UNIL Summer School on Modelling for Evo Bio (1–6 Sept 2025, Lausanne)! Aimed at PhD students interested in formal approaches to evolutionary ecology questions like sexual selection, social & life-history evolution. Scholarships available. Pls share! www.shorturl.at/znk5g

New Postdoc position! 🐵🐵🐵🐵 On the socioecology of cognition in primates, based in Paris @mnhn.fr @cnrs.fr, with field work It has it all: - the best science - the best macaques - the best beaches - the best people - the best office view #Eiffeltower Join us!

I recently did a thoroughly enjoyable two-part podcast with David Sloan Wilson at ProSocial World (@prosocialworld.bsky.social). The topic was Hunter-Gatherer Societies, Human Origins, and Modern Democracies. Feedback welcome!

Nice talk at #ehbea2025 by @jaeggiadrian.bsky.social on a new approach to comparative methods (generalised dynamic phylogenetic models), which can be implemeted in 'coevolve' package in R.

Interesting method using causal inference in phylogenetic and comparative analyses 🤓💻 #EHBEA2025 @ehbea.bsky.social @ehbea2025.bsky.social @jaeggiadrian.bsky.social

1/ How is economic equality maintained in hunter-gatherers? In a new preprint with @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social et al, we find Hadza are more likely to take from others who have more than them than they are to give to someone who has less. #anthropology #evolution papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Is autism an adaptation? How can evolutionary science go beyond just-so story-telling? Questions like these benefit from a philosopher of science. In this paper, @realadamhunt.bsky.social develops a systematic framework for testing evo hypotheses using all available evidence, exemplified with autism

Reminder to send in your application and/or tell your students and colleagues about this PhD position! Review of applications will begin in a few weeks, though the position will remain open until filled

We are so excited for #ISEMPH 2025! Join the #EvMed event of the year, hosted at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee! Abstract submission is open, deadline is 3 Feb! Details here: https://buff.ly/40zGJLx

Honored to begin 2025 as Editor-in-Chief of Evolution, Medicine and Public Health, the ISEMPH Society journal. Thanks to Cynthia Beall for leadership and guidance. Please send us your creative work at the interface of evolution, medicine, and public health! academic.oup.com/emph

Applications for MEME are open! It's a research- and mobility-oriented Evolutionary Biology Master's Programme, where students have the opportunity to visit 4(+2) different universities in two years. Please spread the word! www.evobio.eu #EvoBio

🚨🚨 FINAL REMINDER! 🚨🚨 ⏳ Abstract submissions for #EHBEA2025 close TONIGHT at MIDNIGHT (GMT)! No extensions this time! Be part of this amazing conference in the vibrant city of Newcastle this April 🌉 Submit here now: ehbea2025.com 🚀 @ehbea.bsky.social #BioAnth #CultEvo #EvPsych #Evosky

"At low density, a trade-off between juvenile survival and growth structures life-history variation, whereas at equilibrium density, trade-off between reproduction and juvenile survival is the major structuring axes" [Soay sheep] onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Ecology-Evolution scientific societies on Bluesky: ESEB: @eseb.bsky.social SSE: @sse-evolution.bsky.social ASN: @asn-amnat.bsky.social SMBE: @official-smbe.bsky.social BES: @britishecolsoc.bsky.social CSEE-SCEE: @csee-scee.bsky.social and joining us today, welcome!: SFE2: @sfecologie.bsky.social

Starter pack for evolutionary behavioral science! I know I am missing many ppl working in this area. Please add yourself and your colleagues! go.bsky.app/Rt4Kh26

We are hiring! Please share if you know of any Human Biologists focusing on climate change 🧪https://apply.interfolio.com/159431

🚨 JOB ALERT!! We're looking for a PhD student to join our group! Are you interested in evolutionary medicine / anthropology? Already have a master's? Apply with your own project ideas! See link: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie... #EvMed @bioanth.org @ehbea.bsky.social Please RT!

🎉 Great news! The #EHBEA2025 submission deadline has been EXTENDED by 2 whole weeks! 🚀 You now have until MIDNIGHT (UK time) on Monday, Dec 16th to get your abstracts in. Don’t miss your chance to shine! 🌟 Submit here: ehbea2025.com #EvolutionaryScience #AcademicConference @ehbea.bsky.social

New PhD opportunity on social behaviour in the context of ecological disturbance with me, @mdekauwe.bsky.social, and others. Sept 2025 start, funded by NERC Apply by Jan 13. Project and application details: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

Fully funded PhD studentship with field work in South Africa on baboon health resilience with me, Rich McFarland and Stefano Kaburu at Nottingham Trent University. Please share or get in touch if interested 👇 tinyurl.com/3uy8e6th

I made a starter pack for animal behaviour researchers / ethologists! please share and feel free to self-nominate or suggest others to be added as this is very much still a work in progress and not an exhaustive list 🌍🧪😊 #SciSky #BioSky #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalBehavior #Ethology go.bsky.app/Tr8VZpV

Abstract submission for the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association conference closes early this year - 2 December - so make sure not to miss the deadline 😊

👇Come and work with me!👇 Note: We can't sponsor a skilled worker visa for this role, but PhD holders should be able to apply for a Global Talent Visa if appointed.

Like other fields, animal behaviour is shaped by historical biases, influencing whose research is recognised as influential and skewing the scientific discourse. At #ASABwinter2024 we will discuss ways to make the field more inclusive. asabwinter2024.github.io #ASAB_EDIA @asaborg.bsky.social

Hey all, I'm new on here - anyone made good lists or starter packs that I should add? Evo anthro, evo bio, behavioral ecology, etc

Theorist bridge trolls barking at you to formally connect theory to data? Wondering how, without troll magic? We can help! "Bridging theory and data: A computational workflow for cultural evolution" With @dominikdeffner.bsky.social @natyfedorova.bsky.social Jeff Andrews. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Here's a starter pack for early career researchers in evolutionary biology. I prioritized the most-junior folks, and this list quickly filled up with undergrads, grad students, and postdocs. Might do another list later, but I'm tired. Have fun everyone! 🐒 #evobio go.bsky.app/MzND7nX