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Dr Sarah Myers
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Evolutionary anthropologist, researcher with BirthRites at MPI-EVA Leipzig. Reproduction, postnatal depression, infant feeding, cooperative childrearing, FGMC.
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bjjbarrett.bsky.social
Our paper on how orangutan mothers plan and alter their space use at personal costs so their offspring may play with similarly aged offspring (independent of kinship and fruit productivity) has transitioned from preprint to peer reviewed publication doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Maternal ranging strategies facilitate offspring social play at energetic cost in the most solitary ape | PNAS
In most vertebrates, social play among peers is considered essential for behavioral development. Yet in solitary species bearing single offspring, ...
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October 7, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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rebeccasear.bsky.social
A new Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology has just been published, in which it is claimed that the human species is polytypic: not only is race biologically meaningful but the races are distinct enough to be considered subspecies. Published by Elgar. In 2026.
Chapters in Part III take stock of the current state of evolutionary psychology, by casting wider attention to other social and behavioral sciences and assessing the field's influence on them. In Chapter 11 ('Evolutionary psychology and anthropology'), Heiner Rindermann identifies three major forces that oppose scientific anthropology: Religion, National Socialism ('Nazism'), and woke leftist ideology. Ironically, in this sense, woke left ideologues, who include most anthropologists themselves, geneticists, and other university academics, share much in common with the Nazis in their common opposition to scientific anthropology. Rindermann's extensive review of the literature leaves no doubt that humans are genetically polytypic and contain different biological races or 'subspecies' At the end of the chapter, Rindermann delivers devastating rebuttals to all potential arguments against the notion of races/subspecies among humans.
October 8, 2026 at 6:21 AM
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cultconf.bsky.social
📢 The Call for Abstracts for the Culture Conference 2027 is OPEN!
🗓️ Deadline: 30 November 2026

We welcome submissions from all career stages and relevant disciplines.
🔎Details & submission info: culture-conference.com/abstract-sub...

Keynote speakers will be announced soon - stay tuned!
Abstract Submission
We invite participants to submit their abstracts by 30 November 2026. Please submit your abstract by email to: [email protected] When submitting your abstract, please indicate wh…
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October 5, 2026 at 9:57 AM
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rebeccasear.bsky.social
Extreme heat is raising risks for pregnant women and babies, and Wellcome is calling for the needs of pregnant women and their babies to be reflected in national climate and health plans

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October 5, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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maximederex.bsky.social
One week left to apply!
culturalevolsoc.bsky.social Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 24d
ACE Research Grant Alert 🚨!

CES will give out two awards of up to $3000 each to support early career research projects in cultural evolution. The award is open to applicants worldwide, with an application deadline of October 9th 2026, 9:00 AM AoE.

Applications: forms.gle/dsLdKQuNBH4W...
ACE Early Career Research Grants
CES will give out two awards of up to $3000 each to support research projects in cultural evolution. To learn more about the Advancing Cultural Evolution (ACE) initiative, see here. Deadline: Appli...
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October 2, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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lemoustier.bsky.social
🏺🧪 🦣 Will absolutely be tuning in fo some of these excellent #HumanOrigins talks, hosted by one of my academic depts - online, open to all
September 29, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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buraksonmez.bsky.social
Come and join us @sriucl.bsky.social

We’re looking for an Assistant Professor in Quantitative Social Science with a research agenda on the environment and/or climate change, and expertise in causal inference.

See full details and apply 👉🏼 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL Social Research Institute recruitment poster for an Assistant Professor in Quantitative Social Science at the Centre for Quantitative Social Science. Applications close 30 October 2026.
September 29, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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hetanshah.bsky.social
This is great from @christinalamb.bsky.social on how the nuns that stitched the Bayeux Tapestry were able to smuggle in (often in the borders of the Tapestry) the stories of women and especially to illustrate how sexual violence takes place in war
www.thetimes.com/article/5c86...
Each woman smuggled into the Bayeux Tapestry tells a powerful story
Like most wars the tale is centred on men, but nuns wove a compelling subplot into the margins
www.thetimes.com
September 26, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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rebeccasear.bsky.social
Tradwives aren't going to solve the "fertility crisis": "norms about gender equality are positively related to fertility ideals. In societies with strong gender equality norms, women, the highly educated, and the young display comparatively higher fertility ideals"
How Many Children in a Family? Fertility Ideals and Gender Equality Norms in 26 Societies - European Journal of Population
We examine the relationship between gender equality and fertility ideals, focusing on the role of societal norms about men’s participation in care and household work, known as the second half of the g...
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September 29, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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sheinalew.bsky.social
🚨 Our new lab paper, led by @amandinevisine.bsky.social, examines exploration, group composition, and play activities among BaYaka children and teens living in a village context! Amandine is currently on fieldwork following up on this for her PhD 🎯

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Congolese BaYaka children's learning and exploring in a village context
Childhood is a key period for acquiring and transmitting cultural knowledge and skill. Hunter-gatherer children, such as the Congolese BaYaka, learn a…
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September 29, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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rebeccasear.bsky.social
If I’m reading this correctly, Henrich assumes that an increase in calls for change in a discipline are evidence for increasing politicisation of that discipline (negative). His most highly cited paper - the WEIRD people paper- does just that!
Section of text describing Henrich’s methods Abstract of “The weirdest people in the world?”, lead author Henrich. Last two sentences read “ Overall, these empirical patterns suggests that we need to be less cavalier in addressing questions of human nature on the basis of data drawn from this particularly thin, and rather unusual, slice of humanity. We close by proposing ways to structurally re-organize the behavioral sciences to best tackle these challenges.”
September 28, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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rebeccasear.bsky.social
A deep dive into one of the pieces of evidence provided in the anthropology section of the Vanderbilt report
September 28, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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twaring.bsky.social
🚨 Applied Cultural Evolution Brownbag Series 🚨

Two inaugural discussions:

Oct 7
What is (uniquely) applied cultural evolution?
Caroline Graf, U. Zurich

Dec 9
What can cultural evolution offer climate adaptation practitioners?
Christine Lindell, World Vision Australia

tinyurl.com/3st6zy79
A black and white image of a tattoo design featuring a human brain with wings pierced by two diagonal arrows over a flying banner that reads "Applied Cultural Evolutionists"
September 24, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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ehemmott.bsky.social
Maternity Cover role in Environmental Anthropology at UCL, within our Biological Anthropology section. We are a nice bunch - Apply by 7th October!

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 28, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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amrcampop.bsky.social
PhD topic #1: Family building processes in the early 20th century.Why did people have smaller families in this period, and what were the roles of work opportunities and changing social attitudes? www.geog.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Family building processes during the early twentieth century | Department of Geography
www.geog.cam.ac.uk
September 28, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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heidicolleran.bsky.social
“The fight for the humanities and social sciences must be reframed not as a defense of elite academic privilege but as a common good essential for a democratic society: an infrastructure that builds collective knowledge against authoritarian rule and corporate extraction.”
September 25, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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karenguzzo.bsky.social
@uncpopcenter.bsky.social is hiring a postdoc for our "From Biological to Social Processes" T32! Applications due Nov 20, 2026, preferred start date Jan 2027.

Learn more about our postdoc training program: www.cpc.unc.edu/training/bio...

Apply here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/325...
The Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar position with the NICHD-funded T32 training program, ‘From Biological to Social Processes: Interdisciplinary Training in Life Course Research’. This program aims to promote and support interdisciplinary training of PhD students and postdoctoral scholars from both the social sciences and biological/health sciences. The goal of this program is to train scientists to move across disciplinary boundaries and employ creative and integrative approaches to understanding the complex factors that influence health and health disparities across the life course. Trainees will have the opportunity to receive interdisciplinary mentorship and training in a wide array of methods and content areas, ranging from social inequalities to biological processes. Trainees will identify a co-preceptor team comprised of a mentor from their home discipline and another representing their new interdisciplinary interest area from among the current training faculty. The initial term of appointment is one year, with a preferred start date in January 2027 (negotiable). Reappointment for a second year is possible with continued funding. Interested applicants must apply through the UNC HR Link and submit the supplemental application package linked in the posting. Application materials are due by November 20th, 2026. Information about the postdoctoral training program and training faculty can be found on our website. Questions can be directed to the Training Program Manager, Margaret Swingler, at margaret.swingler@unc.edu.
September 22, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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catferna.bsky.social
New in the saga of our causal model of human growth 🚼🧬📈at AJBA: can we reconstruct growth trajectories when kids’ ages are uncertain & all we have is cross-sectional data? Turns out, YES! 🎉 Accurate estimates, with exciting (?!) implications for bioarchaeology and beyond.
doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.70358
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September 22, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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rebeccasear.bsky.social
The shifting of responsibility from “the village” to individual parents is likely a significant reason for low fertility. If the new eugenics will individualise reproduction still further, an “interesting” side effect may be even lower fertility
kph3k.bsky.social Kathryn Paige Harden @kph3k.bsky.social · 16d
"Instead of needing a village to raise a child, PGT-P’s commercial logic suggests it takes only sufficient capital and the right consumer decisions to conceive a child who will not need the solidarity of the village to be healthy."

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Embryo screening and the new reproductive divide - Nature Human Behaviour
Nature Human Behaviour - Embryo screening and the new reproductive divide
www.nature.com
September 22, 2026 at 6:53 AM
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gillianrbrown1.bsky.social
🚨Call open for manuscripts on 'Metascience of the evolutionary human sciences' for a Special Collection in EHS, co-edited by @louisbachaud.bsky.social, @hclarkbarrett.bsky.social and myself.

@ehbea.bsky.social @humbehevosoc.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Call for papers
Welcome to Cambridge Core
www.cambridge.org
September 17, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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andrewbuskell.bsky.social
A special collection on ‘Metascience of the evolutionary human sciences’ is now accepting submissions on the Evolutionary Human Sciences website:
Metascience of the Evolutionary Human Sciences
Call for papers for special collection
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September 17, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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chriskrupenye.bsky.social
🚨 PhD position in human, nonhuman primate, and/or dog cognition!

I am thrilled to be reviewing applicants this year for a new PhD student to join the Social & Cognitive Origins Group in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins @jhu.edu @jhuartssciences.bsky.social

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September 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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ewabatyra.bsky.social
One more week left to apply for a 3-year postdoc in Demography (deadline: Sept 16, 12:00 midday UK time). Join me at the Sociology Department in Oxford to study global fertility change as part of the DIVREP project! 👇
sociologyoxford.bsky.social Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · Jul 28
💡 Job alert! 💡

We're seeking a Postdoc Researcher to join the most comprehensive global study of the patterns & determinants of growing within-country disparities in reproductive behaviour 🌏

Full-time for 3 years, working with Dr @ewabatyra.bsky.social.

Apply ➡️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
We're hiring: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Demography, deadline: 16 September 2026
September 8, 2026 at 11:44 AM
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danielredhead.bsky.social
Happy to share our new paper in @royalsociety.org with Arleyns, Danier HM & Cody Ross! Combining network data with beh. economic games in four rural villages in Colombia, we assessed how prestige and dominance were associated with cooperation—focussing on whether dominance levelling would occur.
Social and economic consequences of prestige and dominance in rural Colombian social networks
Abstract. Social status regulates influence and well-being in most social animals. In humans, social status can be attained via distinct routes: prestige (
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September 8, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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anthrofuentes.bsky.social
"Anthropology is not broken. It is doing its job" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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September 7, 2026 at 8:22 PM