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Tomorrow Tuesday's evo anth seminar @UCLanthropology: "Race and the Ethics of Human Diversity Research". Celso Neto. 3.30-5pm DFL followed by 🍷

Saved in translation? Diversity shared in French and Dutch medieval literature by Mike Kestemont et al | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Practical Information | EHBEA2026

🏨 Important accommodation update for #EHBEA2026!

Some of our hotel deals have booking deadlines ⏳ Please check the latest details on our practical information page: www.ehbea2026.com/practical-in...

Don’t wait too long to book your room in Leiden! 🛏️🌷

Mother's breasts may protect a newborn from the cold—a new perspective on breast evolution Humans differ from other primates due to their relatively large, permanent breasts, and their development has so far not been conclusively explained. According to a study conducted at the University of Oulu, Finland, the surface temperature of the breasts combined with their size and shape may help a newborn maintain body temperature.

#Breasts may protect a newborn from #hypothermia:
'the surface temperature of the breasts of breastfeeding women was slightly higher than in the other groups studied.'

#evolution #thermoregulation #anthropology

https://phys.org/news/2026-02-mother-breasts-newborn-cold-perspective.html

Students/ECRs in the evolutionary sciences: don't forget to apply for the EHBEA Student / ECR research grants! Deadline 1 March. Applying is very straightforward and funds can be used for research or professional skills development!

More info here: www.ehbea.org/pages/awards

Ötzi the Iceman’s DNA Reveals a Living Relative 5,000 Years Later For years, experts believed Ötzi the Iceman’s mitochondrial DNA lineage had vanished. New genetic analysis reveals it still survives today.

Ötzi’s closest modern relative through the maternal line is Shawiya (no idea how reliable this blog is)

blog.familytreedna.com/otzi-the-ice...

TODAY 3.30pm Production and Perception of Facial Expressions in Non-Human Animals: Horses as a Model Species. by Leanne Proops | University of Portsmouth
@UCLanthropology. 🐴 followed by 🍷

Women’s mental health: current status and evolutionary perspectives | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core Women’s mental health: current status and evolutionary perspectives - Volume 8

Women’s mental health: current status and evolutionary perspectives by Carol Worthman | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

How were humans classified, and why does this still shape our world? Join us on 19 March for the launch of Homo Sapiens | Classifying the Human Animal. Exploring Linnaeus’ Systema naturae and enduring legacies, there'll be a panel discussion, drinks reception and exhibition viewing: buff.ly/apWNsKp

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The British Academy - Head of Communications and Marketing - £70,000 (London, ENG) OUR CLIENT:The British Academy is the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social...

Come work with me! We are recruiting for a Head of Comms and Marketing to help us communicate the work of @britishacademy.bsky.social and the power of the humanities and social sciences in making sense of our changing world
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YouTube video by The News Agents 'The UK has its own Jeffrey Epstein' - Labour MP Natalie Fleet Speaks Out | The News Agents

Natalie Fleet (@natalie-fleet-mp.bsky.social)
Child grooming victim.
Child rape victim.
Member of Parliament.

She shares her story from teenage mother to becoming an MP, and her strong opinions of Keir Starmer.

Great interview by @lewisgoodall.com of the @newsagents.bsky.social.

#UKpolitics

🚨MASTER AND SCHOLARSHIP ANOUNCEMENT🚨

The MSc in Human Evolution and Behaviour at University College London is a broad-based programme run by experts in the field. This year they are excited to share 2 bursaries for Home/UK students, and 1 for International students - based on financial need.

This @historytoday.com article is FREE for 7 days to mark the 200th anniversary of London's first university #UCL200 @ioew.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

Portico with bunnies. Part of the amazing light show for #UCL200

France getting worried about low fertlity.......
Lancement de la première réunion du comité de pilotage du plan fertilité et des travaux ministériels sur la santé périnatale et maternelle
From sante.gouv.fr

Tomorrow Tuesday Evo Anth seminar: Larissa Barker ' from Royal Holloway 'Anthropogenic noise and pygmy marmoset behaviour' @UCLanthropology DFL 3.30-5 followed by 🍷. All welcome.

Tomorrow Tuesday 'evolution of male same-sexuality' Francisco Romes Jimenez @UCLanthropology DFL 3.30-5pm followed by 🍷

Gender differences in social networks under subsistence changes - HBES – by Juan Du Quick question: If something went wrong tonight and you needed help fast—someone to watch a child, lend money, give you a ride—who comes to mind first: a friend, your own family, or your…

In a Tibetan community transitioning from subsistence farming to market work, men’s networks became more kin-focused as market participation increased, while friendships loosened. Women’s core networks stayed dense and stable across market involvement.

Religious parents receive more alloparental aid in rural Bangladesh | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core Religious parents receive more alloparental aid in rural Bangladesh - Volume 8

Men and women in rural Bangladesh use gender-specific kinds of religious practices to elicit more alloparental support from their religious networks. | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

This week @olkcampbell.bsky.social on Cousin Marriage @ucl.ac.uk Anthropology. DFL 3.30-5PM followed by 🍷

Biomedical and life science articles by female researchers spend longer under review Women are underrepresented in academia, especially in STEMM fields, at top institutions, and in senior positions. This study analyzes millions of biomedical and life science articles, revealing that f...

Cost of being female lead/corresponding author in biomedical sciences: "[T]he median amount of time spent under review is 7.4%–14.6% longer for female-authored articles than for male-authored articles" even in disciplines where women well-represented. #AcademicSky

journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Only a couple of weeks left to tell ONS what data you want them to collect in the 2031 Census
consultations.ons.gov.uk/census/censu...

Social complexity is not strongly predictive of indiscriminate killing of wartime enemies in a cross-cultural sample | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core Social complexity is not strongly predictive of indiscriminate killing of wartime enemies in a cross-cultural sample - Volume 8

Social complexity is not strongly predictive of indiscriminate killing of wartime enemies in a cross-cultural sample | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Infant’s thermal balance and the evolution of the human breast – a proof-of-concept study | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core Infant’s thermal balance and the evolution of the human breast – a proof-of-concept study - Volume 8

Infant’s thermal balance and the evolution of the human breast – a proof-of-concept study | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The longitudinal associations of material security and belief in God in young Americans | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core The longitudinal associations of material security and belief in God in young Americans - Volume 8

The longitudinal associations of material security and belief in God in young Americans | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Evolutionary Anthropology seminars Exploring the evolutionary roots of human behaviour, biology, and culture through interdisciplinary research and debate.

UCL Evolutionary Anthropology seminars starting up again for the new term every Tuesday pm. Anthropology Dept. 14 Taviton St. DFL 3.30-5pm followed by 🍷. All welcome.
www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Competition for heritable wealth, not cultural group selection, drives the evolution of monogamy | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical Evolutionary Biology Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical Evolutionary Biology

📢 I'm hiring! 3-year postdoc in theoretical evolutionary ecology at University of Helsinki 🇫🇮 Apply: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Theoretical-Evolutionary-Biology/1348955157/
#AcademicJobs #Postdoc #EvolutionaryEcology #TheoreticalEcology #ScienceJobs #AcademicChatter

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