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alexandra crouwers
20 days ago
with fellow artistic researchers
@marjolijndijkman.bsky.social
and Nele Möller, I organise Speaking Afield: interdisciplinary walks & discussions with academic and scientific researchers in the field of ecology & biology. Here a few weeks ago with
@janverpooten.bsky.social
in the Antwerp harbour.
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Tom Wenseleers
about 1 month ago
Harmony in the hive? Think again! đâïž 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. đ§”
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes
about 2 months ago
đŁ New BBS preprint out now! đŁ "Models casting egalitarian societies as crucibles of equality perpetuate the factually uninformed notion that foragers are somehow more noble. Critiques portray egalitarianism as romantic fantasy. Neither characterization is wholly justified."
doi.org/10.1017/S014...
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Egalitarianism is not Equality: Moving from outcome to process in the study of human political organisation | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core
Egalitarianism is not Equality: Moving from outcome to process in the study of human political organisation
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X25103932
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Colin Allen
about 2 months ago
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)
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1939
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/2025/380/1939
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Andreas De Block
7 months ago
Fukano and Soga offered an interesting reply to our piece. We then had the chance to respond in turn. Our conclusion is clear: it's time to lay the biophilia hypothesis to rest once and for all.
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
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manvir singh
8 months ago
Are dance & infant-directed song human universals? Like many people, I've long thought so. But in a new paper in Current Biology, Kim Hill & I report that the Northern Aché (Paraguay) lacked both behaviors, likely losing them after cultural collapse. Open-access link:
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Loss of dance and infant-directed song among the Northern Aché
Singh and Hill report no evidence of dance or infant-directed song among the Northern AchĂ© of Paraguay, based on 122 months of fieldwork. Their findings challenge claims of these behaviorsâ universali...
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00447-6
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Second essay on the question "Do Animals Make Art?" Two Major Origin Theories That Say âNo Way!â Why the Enlightenment âInvention of Artâ and the âCreative Explosionâ Seem to Rule Out Animal ArtâBut Do They Really?
open.substack.com/pub/janverpo...
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Second essay on the question "Do Animals Make Art?" Two Major Origin Theories That Say âNo Way!â Why the Enlightenment âInvention of Artâ and the âCreative Explosionâ Seem to Rule Out Animal ArtâBut Do They Really?
open.substack.com/pub/janverpo...
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alexandra crouwers
11 months ago
đ This is âTools (v004)â, a .glb sculpture that is part of
@digitalcoleman.art
âs curation for â5x5 EARTHâ. More info soon! (For these types of artworks, nfts are actually a good fit! I havenât minted this much in years, though đ).
#3dscan
#digitalart
#tezos
@objkt.com
#stonetool
#historyofthings
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New commentary out in BBS! Archaeological objects like cave paintings, figurines, and musical instruments are often seen as early art forms uniquely tied to human symbolic cognition. But I've long been struck by how this view overlooks remarkable parallels in the animal world.
11 months ago
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes
11 months ago
After a brief hiatus, the next commentaries to highlight are by
@janverpooten.bsky.social
and
@ctennie.bsky.social
, who both demonstrate that complex symbols are not a uniquely human hallmark, but are found throughout nature.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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All that glitters is not gold: The false-symbol problem in archaeology | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core
All that glitters is not gold: The false-symbol problem in archaeology - Volume 48
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/article/abs/all-that-glitters-is-not-gold-the-falsesymbol-problem-in-archaeology/55477373767D6DA32EE27B715C2E12B8
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New commentary out in BBS! Archaeological objects like cave paintings, figurines, and musical instruments are often seen as early art forms uniquely tied to human symbolic cognition. But I've long been struck by how this view overlooks remarkable parallels in the animal world.
11 months ago
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Andreas De Block
11 months ago
Do we love nature because itâs just in our nature? Probably not. Check out our latest article in TREE, where we make the case!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kZlOcZ3X3...
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If you were to follow just one podcast about biology, physicsâessentially life itselfâthis should be it. In Dunglish: I canât recommend it enough. Latest episode:
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alexandra crouwers
12 months ago
Do animals make art? My friend (and PhD advisor) biologist/philosopher
@janverpooten.bsky.social
is on a quest to answer that question! Do follow his substack here, his first post is already wonderfully interesting:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
#evolution
#artmaking
#art
#evolutionofart
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Do Animals Make Art? Issue #1: Introducing a Book Project
Some animals are hailed as 'artists' in the media, but academia remains skeptical. Will art remain one of the last signposts of human uniqueness?
https://substack.com/home/post/p-153692645
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Do animals make art? To introduce my book-in-progress on this topic, Iâve written a piece exploring this question. I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
open.substack.com/pub/janverpo...
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Do Animals Make Art? Issue #1: Introducing a Book Project
Some animals are hailed as 'artists' in the media, but academia remains skeptical. Will art remain one of the last signposts of human uniqueness?
https://open.substack.com/pub/janverpooten/p/do-animals-make-art-issue-1-introducing?r=1fe5g8
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PsyArXivBot
over 1 year ago
Animal Artefacts Challenge Archaeological Standards for Tracing Human Symbolic Cognition:
http://osf.io/rhejm/
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