Ruth Mace

We’ve all been there

In Memoriam: Dr. Jane Lancaster, Pioneer in Human Evolutionary Sciences (1935-2025)
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"Behavior drives morphological change during human evolution"

Our new article is out in @science.org today

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Life expectancy losses in the Gaza Strip during the period October, 2023, to September, 2024 Our approach to estimating life expectancy losses in this study is conservative as it ignores the indirect effect of the war on mortality. Even ignoring this indirect effect, results show that the ong...

According to a study published in The Lancet, life expectancy at birth in Gaza declined by almost 35 years between October 2023 and September 2024, before the current phase of acute famine. A harrowing result of the genocide. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

I love this kind of paper.

A seemingly niche topic—which the authors are genuine experts in—that regardless reveals some more fundamental ideas about how humakind operates. (1/2)

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Contrasting modes of cultural evolution: Kra-Dai languages and weaving technologies by Chris Buckley, Guillaume Jacques and others | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Excited to see 1st of the Evoluionary Human Sciences special issue on scientific racism come out! @kevinlala.bsky.social @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social @kztwyman.bsky.social & Marcus Feldman discuss impediments to countering racist pseudoscience & present 5 solutions www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

"We propose that fictiveness is not inherently appealing for its own sake but because it enables the crafting of exaggerated content that heightens emotional responses from audiences."

Skewed sex ratios correlate with violence against women from spouses, boyfriends and in-laws, but less so for honour-based violence from natal family @olkcampbell.bsky.social Maheen Pracha @ruthmace.bsky.social | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Accepted manuscript 📃
'Further insights into maternal and paternal human histories in southern Iberia' | Evolutionary Human Sciences

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Findings from our accents study follow up: image showing that study accent–listeners had the highest probability of a correct response (62.49%–70.12%), followed by UK/Ireland (53.18%–62.44%), and other English-speaking country (50.03%–56.85%) and non-English speaking country (49.72%–58.32%).

In a follow-up to our study on accent mimicry last year, we've found that natives are the best at detecting accent mimicry.

People from other English speaking countries were, however, worse at mimicry detection than were native listeners.

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So pleased to have won this award. Thank you @ceciliapad.bsky.social @gregoryfiorio.bsky.social @ruthmace.bsky.social @humbehevosoc.bsky.social

Seven Decades An anthropologist uncovers new evidence for the evolutionary origins of human longevity—and explains why growing old is an opportunity, not a burden

Your next Fall read, my new book: SEVEN DECADES: HOW WE EVOLVED TO LIVE LONGER

Longevity is shaped by our evolutionary past—imagine aging as opportunity rather than burden.

Out Sept 16, preorder w/ code PUP30 for 30% discount: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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EHBEA MEMBERS!

We are discussing about future EHBEA meetings (e.g. in person, online, hybrid) and we want to hear your opinion

Check your email (and spam folder!) for the survey link, and don’t forget to fill it out 🙏

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Ancient DNA reveals a two-clanned matrilineal community in Neolithic China - Nature Analysis of ancient DNA, stable isotope data and archaeological evidence from the Fujia archaeological site in eastern China suggests it was populated by a matrilineal Neolithic community between 2750...

aDNA reveals matrilineal groups in Neolithic eastern China www.nature.com/articles/s41...

There is suffering everywhere you look, says mother of emaciated baby girl trapped in Gaza Babies such as Siwar Ashour are suffering from malnutrition as crucial supplies run out amid Israel’s total blockade on aid

It's been 2 months since Israel blocked supplies of food, aid & water. Gazans are slowly starving & dying. The silence & complicity of the international community is nauseating.
#Gaza #Israel #CeaseFireNow
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Visual attention to faces during attractiveness and dominance judgements | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core Visual attention to faces during attractiveness and dominance judgements - Volume 7

Eye-tracking shows eyes, nose, and mouth draw the most attention in facial attractiveness and dominance judgements by Zaneta Patkova et al | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Female friendship and the cultural transmission of low-fertility values: Evidence from rural Poland Abstract. Understanding how demographic and cultural change interact is essential for understanding the trajectory of historical and contemporary societies

New paper out with @heidicolleran.bsky.social in @pnasnexus.org
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Partner traits of women in arranged and self-choice marriages | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core Partner traits of women in arranged and self-choice marriages - Volume 7

Partner traits of women in arranged and self-choice marriages | Evolutionary Human Sciences | by Kristin Snopkowski and Annemarie Hasnain. Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Breaking-up and breaking the norm: intergenerational divorce transmission among two ethnolinguistic groups | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core Breaking-up and breaking the norm: intergenerational divorce transmission among two ethnolinguistic groups - Volume 7

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How far does the apple fall from the tree? Divorce transmission varies by frequency within the ethnic group in Finland by CarolineUggla | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

This. An emergency recall of parliament on a weekend for British Steel. Nothing at all for UK HE which employs far more people, has already shed 10,000 academic jobs, with several institutions on the brink of collapse.

A reminder: we train all the doctors, teachers, engineers, nurses, lawyers &c &c

I was invited to give a talk on violence against women in São Paulo, for a huge feminist event.

One woman shared that she had been a victim of domestic violence, & asked others to put their hand up if they’d also been abused.

Almost *everyone* in the audience put up their hand

Relationship between trackmakers of the Laetoli footprints from gait synchronization | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core Relationship between trackmakers of the Laetoli footprints from gait synchronization - Volume 7

Relationship between trackmakers of the Laetoli footprints from gait synchronization | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - Wataru Nakahashi www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Evolution's Gradual Path: New Model Reveals How
Mammals Changed Over Time by Mark Pagel FRS
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Rep2SI: Reputation & the Reproduction of Social Inequality. A Leverhulme-funded project based at the LSE, combining ethnography, economic games, and modelling. We're looking for a modeller to join our core team as a two-year postdoctoral research officer.

🚨Job alert! Two-year postdoc to join the Rep2SI project at @lsemethodology.bsky.social! We're looking for a modeller to join our team of ethnographers & experimentalists studying the role of reputation and reputational concern in perpetuating social inequality.
Apply by 4 May: tinyurl.com/yjccd3vv

"evidence that economic reciprocity may be more abundant in real-world settings, sharpening the findings of the behavioural study of cooperation and contributing to the more naturalistic study of reciprocity and prosociality."

Why are witchcraft accusations so common across human societies? | Aeon Videos A novel study in rural China suggests that witchcraft accusations may have arisen as a means of damaging female competitors

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🚨CALL FOR POSTERS🚨

Last days for you to apply, and attend, the 12th EconBio Workshop on “Sex Differences in Human Life History Evolution”!

Just send your CV+abstract+cover letter before March 31 to econbio_poster@iast.fr

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Affixation patterns in native language and sequence processing by statistical learning mechanisms | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core Affixation patterns in native language and sequence processing by statistical learning mechanisms - Volume 7

New paper by Mikhail Ordin discusses why we say walked and not edwalk to speak about the past, or pens and not spen to talk about multiple objects | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Prestigious elders and urban men exert social influence on men’s beliefs about gender.