The ludicrous idea that Tylenol causes autism reminds me a lot of the pre-modern idea monstrous births were the result of women having bad thoughts. Sketchy science aside it is just another way to control (and vilify!) women. I'm so tired. #skystorians #earlymodernist #feminism #monsters #Tylenol

This is your must read of the day. "The neurogeneticist Stanley Nelson once said, 'If you had 100 kids with autism, you could have 100 different genetic causes.' Researchers increasingly believe the search for a cause of a singular 'autism' is misguided. There are autisms, rather than just autism."

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#ESHE2025 1st Pecha Kucha! Merlin Szymanski ‘A systematic evaluation of hominin and faunal DNA in Pleistocene sediments’ 250 collabs in aSED consortium Cave sites much better preservation; carnivores, rhinos & elephants: mismatch btn fossil record & DNA Also mismatches btn arch & DNA affinity 😍!

#ESHE2025 Thomas Puschel ‘The evolutionary singularity of human handedness’ Is human handedness exceptional? 87% R handed. Study: 2000 ind fr 41 primate spp ONLY HUMANS have an outstanding handedness bias! Increase during human evolution No existing hypothesis best explains findings

#ESHE2025 Alexandra Idso ‘Evaluating heel-strike and toe-off mechanisms in Australopithecus afarensis using finite element modeling’ Could afarensis walk like we do? Using FEA on tibia, calcaneus, talus, 1st MT – afarensis > like humans than chimps, except 1st MT – so different “toe-off” !

New paper by Tamsin O’Connell: This is a MUST read for all archaeologists who include isotopes in their projects. “The signal and the noise: inherent challenges for isotopic studies in bioarchaeology” doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #stableisotopes

#ESHE2025 Andrea Lukova ‘Reconstructing loading from the internal bone structure of the Homo naledi foot’ Signature of climbing in the naledi foot? Close look at the talus and 1st MT Human-like features – BUT!! Also climbing traits in talus – suggesting climbing was key element of locomotion!

We want YOU to help us register thousands of New Yorkers to vote by redesigning the iconic I VOTED sticker. But you need to move fast. Submit your design by Friday at 6pm - and get ready to pick a winner this weekend. zohranfornyc.com/stickittotheman

A few friendly reminders about autism: - Autism is not inherently a bad thing. - Autism is not a death sentence. - Autism is not a pejorative term. - Autism is not a moral failing. - Autism is not something to shame or ridicule. - Autism is not something to hide. - Autism is not a crime.

Patas monkey females in a caged group have been observered suckling the infants of other females. In the wild, females take each others’ babies after they reach 3 weeks, making it difficult for some field researchers to tell which infant belongs to which. Photo: Scot/flickr #primates

Advising pregnant women not to use Tylenol because of an unproven link to autism overlooks the danger a fever can cause to both mother and fetus. www.statnews.com/2025/09/24/t...

Watch the full interview at @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social.

✨ And to close it all out…I will tell you more about the project we are working on! Spoiler alert: it is about Australopithecus, morphological disparity and hominin radiation 💀 📍 Saturday, Session 10 – 3.50 p.m.

🧠Edwin de Jager @edwindejager.bsky.social A fresh scenario for hominin brain evolution 📍 Thursday, Session 3 – 4 p.m.

Students at elite colleges often arrive not even knowing what consulting or investment banking is. But aggressive efforts by schools end up pushing them into high-paying fields anyway. The psychological consequences, for some, are steep. “I feel inhuman.”

#FunFactFriday: Meet the indri, the largest lemur in the world! These tree-dwellers can reach up to 28 in. in length and weigh as much as 21 pounds (9.5 kg). Despite their impressive size, their tails are only about 2 inches long—a tiny remnant of their shared ancestry with monkeys. 📷: Patrick Ross

They don't care about human lives. It is always about money youtube.com/shorts/P69Mc...

'Even when women were mentioned, the report found they were more often victims than protagonists, with the women murdered by Jack the Ripper more likely to be taught in lessons than the female code breakers at Bletchley Park during the second world war 1/2

We made a tiktok account for the Dig the Castle archaeology project in Great Torrington, Devon. Give us a follow to get the latest updates - we start digging again with the local community on Friday! www.tiktok.com/@digthecastle 🪏 #archaeology #castles #history @archsengage.bsky.social

The #ESHE2025 meeting in Paris starts tomorrow (please use this hashtag for sharing). If you are interested in the program, you find it here mcusercontent.com/9347aa3598d5... - Members have received an email for accessing the live stream! We hope you all enjoy the conference in person or online. /MW

Families & health professionals play a key role in spotting the early signs of childhood cancer such as 🔸Severe headaches 🔸Unexplained fever 🔸Unexplained weight loss 🔸Bone & joint pain. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/2NeFF8B #UNGA

Endometriosis research has been chronically underfunded even though it affects a large population of women and can be detrimental to those with it. So let's spend the little funding it gets to study how hard it is on the men.

Universal childcare wouldn't just relieve working families of a massive cost burden. It improves the whole economy. "There are a lot of reasons building a child care system that works for everyone is important to our children, to parents, to employers and to economic growth."

Come help us get funding to make new stuff!

Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.

I just yesterday opined about this -- the boycott of Disney needs to be *permanent*, as a lesson to others to not try the same shit. Do not be duped into forgiving Disney. Ever.

Bristol! I will be back tomorrow for a special event at the Museum. www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/bri...

No. Tylenol does not cause autism, and tonight’s rant from the White House was all politics, not science. Watch @katiephang.bsky.social break it down. Watch. Share. Spread truth further than their lies. #WePersist

In Tylenol's new FAQ, they are already anticipating something I hadn't considered. That parents might not give acetaminophen to their children when feverish. Just a reminder: do NOT give your child aspirin as a substitute. www.tylenol.com/frequently-a...

Conférence "Qu'est-ce qui fait de nous des humains, de la préhistoire à aujourd'hui ?" le 25/09 à la mairie du 13e arrondissement de Paris Avec notamment S. Harmand (@cnrs.fr) dans le cadre de la 15e réunion de @eshesociety.bsky.social @inrap.fr @mnhn.fr traces.univ-tlse2.fr/accueil/agen...

This ought to be engraved somewhere.

Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.

New from #PracticingAnthropology: Learning From Colleagues: An Introduction to Team Science by Gemmae M. Fix, Britt Dahlberg, Karen Marie McNamara, Carolyn Smith-Morris & Nolan Kline doi.org/10.1080/0888... @practicinganthro1.bsky.social #SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology

We are happy to share the programme of speakers for our global symposium on lithic technology 🪨🔎 There are just a few spaces left for in-person participation! DM for more information. You can join us online via this Zoom registration link: eu02web.zoom-x.de/webinar/regi...

So Autism is caused by mothers seeking pain relief during pregnancy and not old ass sperm, shhh no one look at actual studies!

Thanks to Sandee LaMotte @cnn.com for interviewing me about topics from my new book FOOD INTELLIGENCE with @juliabelluz.bsky.social that will be published tomorrow! www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/h...

Blame-the-mother theses first appeared around the diagnosis of autism in the decades following World War II. And though they eventually became a black mark on the history of psychology and child development, society's willingness to blame moms has never really gone away.

Many studies have shown that there is no relationship between MMR vaccine and the development of autism. Here are two of the best. This one followed every single child born in Denmark from 1991 through 1998 (n=537,303). There was no association.

We’re delighted to share that the 37th annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society conference (HBES2026) website is now live! #HBES2026

EXCLU: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will announce today he is cancelling a televised town hall with WABC News planned for Sept. 25 in the wake of the network suspending comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show last week. www.amny.com/news/mamdani...

#Disney boycotting is good, but if we want to be great, stop selling your homes to corporations. The most nefarious of the corporate political actors are deeeeep in our real estate. If you're selling a home soon, sell it to an actual person.

As I show in the book, once women are pushed into stay-at-home motherhood, they become easy targets for conservative messaging that valorizes their unpaid labor--telling them they're better morally than other women and that their kids will be better off. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...

Fantastic piece in Nature Reviews Neuro by @nicolecrust.bsky.social on the importance of science communication. My take? Everything matters - just do something. It will make a difference for how science is valued and trusted, how community understands. Let's get out there and communicate! 👏

An important message from genetics. Only, archaeology shows it as a slow social mechanism. Not the mass migration events that we were told of in our youth. It’s Cunnington’s to and fro, individuals and small groups, the next valley, across the sea (and back). Movement over time. Small, cumulative.

It is so damn obvious the trans sports issue is a drummed up nonsense moral panic masquerading as “common sense” - but if you look deeper for two seconds you see how the whole point of sex segregated sports is to defund women athletics & to build and propagandize the western idea of women as weak.

Two babies have died of Whooping cough in Louisiana, a vaccine preventable disease. All pregnant patients and their families should be vaccinated to protect the newborn. This is Louisiana's worst Whooping cough (pertussis) outbreak in 30 years. buff.ly/pez25q3 #medsky #pedsky🛟😷

This has been a concerning trend for a while. #profjohnfriedman #criticalthinking #curriculum

I love that there is a primate art symposium at today's meetings of the American Society of Primatologists to honor Michelle Bezanson and celebrate the primatologists and conservationists who integrate art into their work. ⚱️🐒🌍