📣 Interested in cultural evolution and artificial life? Call for abstracts for our upcoming workshop at @alife2025.bsky.social. Accepted abstracts will be presented as flash talks, and are not archival. Deadline is the September 12, w/ rolling acceptance. Details: sites.google.com/view/planetx... 🧪

ESLR is currently undergoing a transition, and a new committee (@alexschakowski.bsky.social, @ahnisnaahsi.bsky.social, @katebonner.bsky.social, @lucahahn.bsky.social, @mariapykala.bsky.social) is working on reinstating its presence and shaping its future. Please feel free to get in touch!

New 2 year post-doc position on cultural adaptation in complex environmental management.

My friend Andrea Bender is looking for a PhD researcher in Cultural and Cognitive Evolution. Sounds like a dream job — you'd get to work on the topic of mushrooms & cognition with excellent people like Andrea at the beautiful city of Bergen, Norway. Please share! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

We are hiring. The Natural History Museum Denmark seeks a Tenure-track Assistant Professor and Curator in Vertebrate Paleontology. Duties are collection-based research, curation of collections, teaching and public engagement. Deadline: 18 May 2025. View full job posting: bit.ly/3XPIQcg

Announcing the ASAB Interdisciplinary Workshop: Nature of Intelligence – Bridging Animal & Artificial Intelligence 📍 University of Sheffield, UK 📅 4–5 September 2025 📝 Abstracts due: 1 July 🔗 Register & learn more: sites.google.com/sheffield.ac... #AnimalIntelligence #NeuroAI #BioRobotics @asab.org

We still have 5 more days to the deadline!! Submit a brief cover letter, cv, and one reference letter! #COSMOSTOKYO2025

Interested in learning how to apply computational models to social and collective behavior? Apply for COSMOS Tokyo 🇯🇵 by APRIL 25TH 🚀 👉 cosmossummerschool.github.io As always, it's free to attend, we provide housing, & with the support of @eslr.bsky.social we will offer a number of travel stipends

Two more weeks to apply! Spread the word and reach out with any questions.

Postdoc opening in beautiful Stockholm 🇸🇪! Join us at Karolinska Institutet to explore how interdependent traits shape social learning and cultural evolution. 🧠 Behavioral + computational work 🤝 Work w/ labs in Amsterdam @lucasmolleman.bsky.social & Leuven Details: shorturl.at/Wzy9o

And check out the lineup of world-leading guest lecturers! We are really excited and thrilled to welcome our new “COSMOnauts” in Tokyo! 🚀🌕

🚀COSMOS is BACK!!!💫 The Computational School on Modeling Social and collective behavior (COSMOS) will take place in RIKEN, Tokyo, between 29 Sept - 3 Oct, organised by me and fantastic @thecharleywu.bsky.social ! Application deadline: 25th April. For more details see 👉️ cosmossummerschool.github.io

This is the MSc programme I wish I could’ve taken after undergrad. Top notch culture and evolution content, building highly marketable research skills, amazingly cool and smart staff. Spread the word, come join us!

⭐Schedule Update⭐ 📆 We regularly update the #EHBEA2025 draft programme as changes come in. Check back often - we update it weekly! Access here: tinyurl.com/385xh6ar Key points? 🔑 - Pre-conference: 2pm, Mon 14 Apr - Conference start: 3:30pm - End: Thu 17 Apr (w dinner!) @ehbea.bsky.social

Booking travel for #EHBEA2025?? Consider taking the train! 🚂 It’s easier and quicker than you might expect. Plus, it’s more comfortable and sustainable than flying. 🍃 🛤️ Helpful guide here: www.seat61.com/european-tra... #EvolutionaryScience #SustainableConferencing @ehbea.bsky.social

Rhythms and communication in the brain doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...

🔬🔊🎶 Rhythm—what is it? From the tides to drumming, from heartbeats to music, the term is used across disciplines but lacks a precise definition in behavioral biology. Our new preprint tackles this challenge head-on! 🧠🐦🎼 #RhythmResearch 📖 Read more: osf.io/preprints/os... 🧵1/4

🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 A postdoc position is available at my lab (npa.iit.it) in Rome! Join us to explore: 🎵 Neural bases of musicality (humans, infants, macaques) 💃🕺 Dance & joint music-making 🤝 Spontaneous social behavior ⬇️ Apply through the link below! ⬇️

Off Monterey Bay, blue whale song calls have been generally increasing over time (2015-2021), and are heard every day in Sept to November doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Inside the sex lives of chimpanzees: like humans and other species, it’s about much more than just reproduction New piece in @ConversationUK about our new @royalsociety research study on the social role of sex in chimps and bonobos. @durhampsych.bsky.social theconversation.com/inside-the-s...

A snippet of my recent conference on animal intelligence at the Centre Jean Piaget (in French). Full conference here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHjY...

New paper on the demographic drivers of cultural evolution in Great Tit song published today - epic work led by @nilomr.bsky.social with help from @andreaestandia.bsky.social Ella Cole & Sara Keen. Why did we do this, and what did we find? 🧵 follows: 1/n www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Really interesting podcast on animal communication - with bonus hyrax! open.spotify.com/episode/3mnS...

"Findings indicate a uniform behavioural set: similar lithic technology, increased reliance on large-game hunting & socially elaborated behaviours (intentional burial, ochre use in burial contexts). We suggest this is due to intensified interpopulation interactions between Homo groups 130–80 ka."🧪

The University of Tennessee invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher in animal behavior, starting Aug 1, 2025. Submit application… https://fa-ewlq-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/1992/?utm_medium=jobshare&utm_source=External+Job+Share #postdoc

Cultural Evolution PhD Alert 🚨

1/ 🌟📢 Applications for our MSc in Psychology, Culture & Evolution at @brunelpsy.bsky.social @brunelgradschool.bsky.social are OPEN for 2025/26 🎓 📢 Ever wondered how culture 🌍 and evolution 🧬 shape human behaviour? 🤔 This interdisciplinary program might be for you 🧵

Our new preprint is live! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🐝🧪 “Bumblebee string pulling skill spreads between colonies under open diffusion conditions”! @procenko.bsky.social @minibraincognition.bsky.social @larschittka.bsky.social

JOB ALERT in #language and #linguistics! Postdoc Position at the Center for Language Evolution Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland. Job offer here: www.umk.pl/en/jobs/?tas... We are now looking at a broader candidate pool so do consider applying! Please repost & share widely!

A new study reveals babies begin learning language earlier than previously believed. Researchers found four-month-olds connect sounds to mouth movements, demonstrating early pattern recognition crucial for language development.

#PrimatePost 🦧⚕️ Several #primates may use plants for self-medication 🌿, opening a window on the origins of medical practices in humans! 💊 It's hard to study which plants are food and which ones are medicine, though! Read more at theconversation.com/how-other-pr... (1/2) 🧪 #science 🏺 #BioAnth

ECR and student members this is a reminder we have money we'd like to give you! The deadline for research grant applications is 5pm CEST March 7th - for details 👇https://www.cambridge.org/core/membership/ehbea/awards

We are excited to advertise the Asian Cultural Evolution (ACE) seminar series! It's organized by Kenji Itao, Xinyue Pan & Wataru Toyokawa, and seminars will take place on the third Tuesday of odd-numbered months at 19:00 JST (18:00 Perth/Singapore/Beijing, 19:00 Tokyo/Seoul, 20:00 Sydney).

My colleague is hiring a post-doc for a very cool project using text-mining and stats techniques to study the cultural evolution of archaeological information. You'd get to do interesting work with a very fun team and live in the best city in the world! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLZ921/p...

We are please to release Transmissions Ep 1, featuring Dr Cristina Moya @hyperadapthyrax.bsky.social in conversation with Feryl Badiani @ferylbadiani.bsky.social Cristina and Feryl chat about Cristina's work in Peru and discuss CE in human and non-human societies: youtu.be/2otT0PkhPkw?...

Asian Cultural Evolution sessions 🧵 👇 Coming up March 18

#PrimatePost 🦧😠 Capuchin monkeys recognise unfair rewards and do not shy out from showing their disappointment! If you haven't seen such reaction, do yourself a favour and watch this video 👇 🧪 #science #BioAnth #primates #primatology youtu.be/-KSryJXDpZo?...

Great #culturalevolution chat from @hyperadapthyrax.bsky.social and @ferylbadiani.bsky.social as part of @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social ‘s new podcast series

Calling all cultural evolution researchers in Asia

Interested in Cultural Evolution? You should check out @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social's new 'Transmissions' by @ferylbadiani.bsky.social. First episode has the inimitable @hyperadapthyrax.bsky.social talking about why CE matters, and helps us understand human behavior & culture

I'm excited to see this new student-created podcast called "Transmission" on cultural evolution. Feryl Badiani interviews cultural evolutionary researchers, and Ishaan Sinha on graphics design and technical.

Very happy to be a coauthor on this paper, supported by @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social at the workshop phase and pushed ahead by my @brunelcce.bsky.social colleague @nicolejwen.bsky.social !

Applications for DISI extended to Monday, March 10th! Cannot recommend more - I've attended as a scientist and a storyteller and both experiences were transformative :)

1/ 🧵 Are We Really Measuring What Matters? Cross-Cultural Challenges in Developmental Research 🌍👶📏 New paper led by CCE’S lovely @nicolejwen.bsky.social & @brucerawlings.bsky.social , also featuring CCE’s @michelleakline.bsky.social and many others. Supported by @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social 🔗👇

If you have experienced direct harm to your work/lab/job due to recent changes at US NSF, & are willing to share this on behalf of the Am. Society of Naturalists and NSF, please DM/ email me ASAP (this is time-sensitive) or submit story here sites.google.com/view/scienti... Please share widely

Cultural Evolution paper alert 🚨

🎙 Exciting news! Transmissions Episode 1 features Dr. Cristina Moya. In this episode, we explore her fieldwork in Peru, and discuss how pilgrimage sites emerge and sustain themselves over time. It will be out on YouTube this week—Stay tuned for the link!

New paper out! For my master's internship, I had the pleasure of researching coal tits' understanding of heterospecific calls! Really happy to see it published. 🐦

🔍 Are we really measuring what matters when studying children across cultures? 🤔 Our latest blog post explores hidden challenges in cross-cultural developmental research and strategies to improve construct validity. 🌍 @brucerawlings.bsky.social Check it out! www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...

1/ 🧵 🚨New paper!🚨 Cross-cultural research is expanding in the social sciences — but are we measuring what we think we are? Our recent paper argues that construct validity is an overlooked challenge, especially in developmental research. Let’s break it down. 🌍 🧠 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...