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!

Our colleague Pieter Adriaens has published a new Dutch-language introduction to #PhilMind for scientists & philosophers! He covers topics such as modularity, psychopathology, comparative psychology & free will—and much more! 👇 www.pelckmansuitgevers.be/this-is-ment... #philsci #philsky #AcademicSky

Me and @federicabocchi.bsky.social on paleoecology & how it might help us think about our relationship to nature & how it might help us think about the future… #philsci

Conversation with Marc Bekoff about our animal joy project: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anim...

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 🏺

I am happy to share this article, entitled "The importance of Biological Theory". It is my inaugural editorial as the new Editor-in-Chief of @biologicaltheory.bsky.social . In these complex and challenging times, theory is more important now than ever. Enjoy! doi.org/10.1007/s137...

My Centre is a unique place to do a PhD in Philosophy, because you can be in constant contact with experts in veterinary medicine, psychology, zoology and policy and be part of a team united by a shared interest in animal minds. We now have our 1st ever PhD scholarship: www.lse.ac.uk/sentience/phd

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.

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

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

I like how doing philosophy w/ friends turns into a braided stream of views: confluence and collaboration on some; on others, the fun of productive disagreement 😉The special issue brings together a full range of positions on the concept & its future— all great contributions to the debate. #philsky

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

Really excited to have the new issue of Paleobiology @paleosoc.bsky.social out celebrating the 50th anniversary of #punctuatedequilibria #macroevolution #paleobiology #palaeontology #paleontology @nilese.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

"The Year in Neanderthals". It is interesting to see, among other things, how the arguments regarding the #speciesproblem have evolved. Which option most deprives the #Neanderthals of their evolutionary individuality? As you know, I do have a few thoughts 🙃👇 #hpbio #philsky #evosky #paleosky 🏺

In his forthcoming 📃 in @jrnlofphil.bsky.social, Grant Ramsey shows that a long-standing thesis held by philosophers of biology & evolutionary biologists—that fitness depends on population size, n—is based on conceptual & mathematical errors 👇 philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27701/ #philsky #HPBio #evosky

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

Nothing more rewarding than seeing this kind of engagement with your work — not in spite of bits of disagreement, but especially when these are present. And one of this article’s goals was to provide some tools to better locate them. (The last comment didn't go unnoticed either 🙏)

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 🏺💀

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

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

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)

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

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🧪🏺

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

The 'Behavior Across the Tree of Life' Workshop has finally kicked off! Here Gianmaria Dani maps the problem space for the event. How should we address behavior beyond animals and avoid the risks of anthropomorphic projection? #hpbio #philsky #evosky #philbio 🧪

If these topics pique your interest, you can browse the program here 👇📆 hiw.kuleuven.be/clps/events/...

Great workshops are on a roll at KU Leuven 👀✨️ 🚀 Looking forward to 'Behavior Across the Tree of Life' kicking off tomorrow! #philsky #hpbio #philbio #evosky🧪

I am quite excited to share a new preprint on the prospects for a 'metaphilosophy of science'—a second-order inquiry into the concepts, assumptions, aims, and methods that underpin philosophy of science itself. 👇📃 philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26661/ 1/3 #philsci #philsky #HPS #HPbio #metaphilosophy

Do notions like “programmed #cell death” (PCD) and the endogenous–exogenous death distinction apply to microbes? In our new chapter, we argue that an evolutionary concept of PCD extends across the tree of life, including microbial taxa 👇📃 link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... #evosky #HPbio #philsci 🦠 🔬

Call for Abstracts #HPS of Biodiversity April 30 — May 2, 2026 Copenhagen, Denmark Abstracts of 200-500 words should be submitted through: tinyurl.com/hpsbio. The deadline for submissions is Friday, November 7, 2025. Co-organized by @federicabocchi.bsky.social

Gerd Gigerenzer delivering his keynote lecture at #CBEN, Antwerp on Ecological Rationality and Evolutionary Psychology. "Modelling a world of uncertainty by simple risk problems is a waste of time" #evosky #heuristics #philcogsci 🧪

The CLPS at KU Leuven has landed on Bluesky🦋 ✨️ Follow the page to stay updated on the latest research! #philsky #philbio #academicsky

@zannaclay.bsky.social delivering the first Frans de Waal lecture at #CBEN in Antwerp. Terrific talk on the evolution of empathy and a fantastic homage to Frans de Waal's work and legacy. #evosky #philsky #animalbehaviour 🧪

Jorg Massen (University of Utrecht) arguing against the use of questionnaire data to address questions of comparative personality in primatology (macaques). #evosky #comparativepsychology #animalbehaviour 🧪

At the Annual Conference of the Cognition & Behavior Evolution Network in Antwerp. Very interesting talk by Willem Frankehuis on the evolution of sensitive periods. There's a postdoc vacancy at the University of Amsterdam to work on this! #evosky #philbio 🧪

JOB AD: If you research philosophy, history or social studies of biology, with interest in agroecology, crop science or environmental intelligence, consider applying for 3-year postdoctoral fellowship in Munich! Deadline for applications: 31/10, details www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci

A thoughtful piece by Colin Barras in the @newscientist.com, disentangling the recent Denisovan headache — including a quick mention of an obscure KU Leuven philosopher with opinions on species delimitation. #evosky #paleosky #philbio

With great joy—and a touch of nervousness—I’m thrilled to share that my first academic monograph will be published by @mitpress.bsky.social in May 2026! It examines the organism–environment relationship in biology from an integrated #HPS perspective: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205282... #evosky #philsky

Archaeo/anthro friends! 🏺💀 Exciting 22-month postdoc opportunity to work in Bordeaux with Francesco d'Errico on the origins of quantification systems (ERC Synergy Project #QUANTA). Starting date: 1 November 2025. Application deadline: 2 September. Feel free to distribute further! #paleosky

It appears that grass-in-ear has become vintage #chimp fashion. Welcome grass-in-rectum!🍑 Such a shame this didn't come in on time for Grant Ramsey's and mine latest paper on behavioural innovativeness... 🙃 #animalculture #animalbehaviour #innovation #philsky #hpbio 🧪

CFP on theme of Recent Work in Philosophy of the Historical Sciences special issue Revue Philosophique de Louvain. Abstract 500 words to [email protected] & [email protected], by October 1, 2025. Accepted abstracts full papers due July 1, 2026 pencelab.be/en/events/rp... #HPS

Forthcoming (early 2026) *The Science of Lost Worlds* (BSPSOpen/UCalgary Press). Featuring illustrations by Jim Robins and philosophy by um me!!!

Deeply inspired by the excellent Israeli scholars at #ISHPSSB2025 who have not remained silent about the horrors and war crimes happening in the Gaza strip. Thank you for continuing to raise your voices and uphold the values of academia. None of us should stay silent. @duhe.bsky.social

I'm happy to share our latest manuscript "Impediments to countering racist pseudoscience", coauthored with @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social @kztwyman.bsky.social & Marcus Feldman.

Sometimes when we’re trying to explain the evolution of human cognition we rely on intuitive judgements about how our ancestors thought that our current cognition might not be well-suited to make, or so argues Margaret Farrell in this cool new paper… link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Well-timed for #ishpssb2025 👇 these authors are among the few academics actively trying to tackle the scourge of scientific racism. Would be great to see more historians and philosophers of science engage with this problem

Had such a fantastic time at ISHPSSB 2025 in Porto! Great talks and inspiring conversations about philosophy of biology (and cultural coevolution) with amazing people. #ISHPSSB2025 #hpbio #philsci #histstm #histsci #philbio #hbio #sts

This week @universitypress.cambridge.org has granted free access to all titles in the collection of Cambridge Elements in the Philosophy of Biology, edited by Grant Ramsey. There are many options to choose from! Happy reading! 📕👇 www.cambridge.org/core/publica... #philsci #HPbio #evosky #ISHPSSB2025

That was such an interesting session and talk! It got me thinking about evidential standards in different sciences 🤔