@pablovarase.bsky.social
Why humans (and other organisms) have babies? (from an evolutionary perspective) ๐ถ๐ค | Research fellow in @iast.fr ๐ซ๐ท๐จโ๐| Latino | Spanglish
๐จ AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT ๐จ
EHEBA is calling for the Service to the Community Award ๐
Do not hesitate to nominate someone that you know has contributed in the strengthening of our community beyond their research!
Deadline: December 19th, 2025
Here is the form๐
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
๐จAWARD ANNOUNCEMENT๐จ
EHBEA is calling for SELF-nominations for their New Investigator Award.
If you are doing, or know someone, some really cool research as an early-career researcher please donโt hesitate to apply!
DEADLINE: December 19th, 2025
Here is the form๐
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
EHBEA is looking for new PRESIDENT and SECRETARY for 2026-2029! ๐
If you know of anybody who could represent EHBEA, nominate them as president!
If you know with good organisational skills, nominate them as secretary!
DEADLINE: 16/12/2026
HERE IS THE FORM ๐
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@sriucl.bsky.social is HIRING 2 permanent Lecturers ๐ in #QuantitativeSocialScience!
It comes with smart and lovely colleagues๐, a central London office, and many big ideas and questions ๐ง
Apply now! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
A photo of the Susan Welch Liberal Arts building at sunrise
๐ข Come join us! Penn State Anthropology is hiring *two tenure-track assistant professors*, one in human reproductive ecology and one in archaeology. Here are just a few reasons why working at Penn State is awesome:
01.10.2025 12:58 โ ๐ 37 ๐ 30 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0It's hiring season at @iast.fr!
- 2y research postdoc contract
- Full autonomy, you are your own PI
- Awesome multidisciplinary environment
- All social and behavioral sciences welcome
- Seed funding for projects and workshops
- Gorgeous city in the south of France
www.iast.fr/research-fel...
Great news from the @erc.europa.eu today: I received an ERC Starting Grant to study the cultural evolution of literature ๐ฅ
www.eva.mpg.de/press/news/a...
๐New paper!๐
How is knowledge transmitted across generations in a foraging society?
With @danielredhead.bsky.social
we found: In BaYaka foragers, long-term skills pass in smaller, sparser networks, while short-term food info circulates broadly & reciprocally
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Our article "Impediments to countering racist pseudoscience" (with @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social, @kztwyman.bsky.social & Marc Feldman) is now published online.
We describe five factors that contribute to the spread of racism and suggest strategies for countering them.
doi.org/10.1017/ehs....
@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised!
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
Eres un chileno/a, mexicano/a o otra persona latinoamericana que quiere hacer un doctorado en la tema de programas educativas de imagen corporal en escuelas? Tenemos una beca en Durham para unirse en nuestra proyecto! Puedes ver las detalles y aplicar aqui ๐
#Psicologรญa
#antropologรญa
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Title of Project: Examining school-based body image interventions in Africa and/or Latin America Start Date: January, April or October 2026 Application Deadline: 20th October 2025 For more information including how to apply please see: PhD advert BIRES studentship
PhD post! 2 students sought to join the BIRES project, taking a body image intervention developed in Nicaragua and Colombia and examining how (and if!) It can be adapted in other LatAm and African youth.
Please share with your students.
#PsychSciSky
#Anthropology
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
๐จ GRANT APPLICATION ๐จ
Do not forget to apply for the workshop/event grant from EHBEA in case you are organising a scientific event ๐
DEADLINE: September 11th, 2025
Our book is now available online at the African Books Collective here: africanbookscollective.com/books/mangro...
Reminder that 100% of proceeds to go mangrove conservation and education programs in Pemba, Tanzania.
Job in cultural psychology: richmond.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/staff_facult...
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Last but not least! today we share the talk of Christine Caldwell as plenary speaker at @ehbea2025.bsky.social
Here she talks about the cognitive challenges for cumulative cultural evolution and how these abilities were selected ๐ง
Donโt miss it! ๐
youtu.be/UvVNfyiYOGc?...
๐Up to 10 individual AIAS-AUFF FELLOWSHIPS are open for application by curiosity-driven and talented researchers from all over the world, from any research discipline & with 2-10 years of experience after completion of their PhD.
๐APPLY by: 28 October at 12:00 (noon, CET)
aias.au.dk/events/show/...
Starting the week strong ๐ช we share now the plenary talk of @heidicolleran.bsky.social, which was part of @ehbea2025.bsky.social
Here, she talks about the misconceptions and the biases behind the idea of โnatural fertilityโ๐ถ
Pass by, have a look, and stay tuned!
youtu.be/8Ch1t7zpW10?...
๐ง What?! A meeting just on disgust?! Yes!!
๐ @iast.fr, France | ๐ Dec 4โ5, 2025
๐ฅ Keynotes by Paul Rozin @upenn.edu, @cr-amo.bsky.social, Philip Powell @sheffielduni.bsky.social & Cindy Kam
๐ From Psychology to Politics, Biology & beyond
๐ Abstract submissions until Aug 31: forms.gle/QBmkUB3aLDjY...
Today we share the work from @drboothroyd.bsky.social, as one of the plenary speaker in @ehbea2025.bsky.social
She talks about how common assumptions related to appearance ideals and sexual selection may differ when using more culturally diverse data ๐ฎ
Have a look! ๐
youtu.be/ENK3WPSJSo8?...
We are excited to share our next plenary speaker from @ehbea2025.bsky.social !
@prof-r-hill.bsky.social shows the STRANGE biases that exist in animal behaviour research via a nice and thorough overview of primate studies
Donโt miss it! ๐
youtu.be/wtS-xouCHqg?...
We are happy to announce our brand new YoutTube channel ๐ฅณ
We start with the plenary talk of Petr Tureฤek as the New Investigator Award winner in @ehbea2025.bsky.social ๐ค๐ค
โError, inspiration, and the dynamics of variance in cultural transmissionโ ๐
youtu.be/wafXoULA3B0?...
We seek applicants for a tenure-track appointment at the assistant professor level in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability in the field of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (also referred to as Indigenous and local knowledge, Indigenous science, Native science, and other similar terms) and its relevance to social and environmental sustainability. Topical research areas of interest include, but are not limited to: the role of fire and other aspects of Indigenous land stewardship in the changing climate; establishment and management of natural protected areas; conservation and application of the wild relatives of crops and animals; the ethical and responsible collection and use of socio-ecological data; environmental governance; the role of tribal food and land sovereignty and cultural revitalization for environmental sustainability; and two-eyed seeing, the multicultural approach to understanding the natural world using both Indigenous and Western sciences as independent, but complementary, ways of knowing. The range of expertise and facilities across Stanford Universityโs main campus, as well as Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma) and Hopkins Marine Station, provide opportunities to develop a research program that bridges Indigenous and Western knowledge systems. Application materials should be submitted online at this LINK. The application deadline is September 30, 2025, 11:00pm PST. Late applications will not be accepted. Applications must include: 1. Cover letter 2. Curriculum vitae 3. Contact information for three reference letter writers 4. Research statement (maximum 2 pages) 5. Teaching statement (maximum 1 page) The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and Stanford University value faculty who will help foster an open and respectful academic environment for colleagues, students, and staff with a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. Candidates may choose to include as part of their research and teaching statements โฆ
based on factors including, but not limited to, the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including years since terminal degree, training, and field or discipline; departmental budget availability; internal equity; and external market pay for comparable jobs. For questions regarding this position, please contact Haley Mees at hmees@stanford.edu.
Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability seeks assistant professor in the field of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK).
Home dept is open. Happy to talk to anyone interested in ESoS.
#EHBEA #HBES #BioAnth #CultEvo #anthrosky ๐
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
Short kids are malnourished, right? well, only maybe! In our recent paper at #RSOS we present a new theoretical model
of growth, exploring of how ๐งฌ, ๐ฅ, & ๐ฆ , through their effects on body proportions & metabolism, cause variation in ๐ถ ๐ธgrowth trajectories. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
๐จ JOB APPLICATION ๐จ
The University of Western Australia is looking for an Associate Professor in Biological Anthropology
Deadline for applying: August 22nd
More information on the link below ๐
external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/en/job/52090...
๐จ JOB APPLICATION ๐จ
The University of Western Australia is looking for a Lecturer in Biological Anthropology
Deadline for applying: August 29th
More information on the link below ๐
external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/en/job/52090...
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...
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๐ฃ We are excited (or should we say disgusted?) to announce the conference 'Disgust across borders' at IAST! @iast.fr
๐๏ธ Join us on Dec 4 & 5 for two days full of disgust research across species and disciplines.
Registration and abstract submission are open (until Aug 31): forms.gle/QBmkUB3aLDjY...
๐จGRANT APPLICATION๐จ
Call for the WORKSHOP/EVENT GRANT from EHBEA is officially open!
If you are interested in organising a scientific workshop or an outreach event please check the link and apply!
DEADLINE: September 11th, 2025
www.cambridge.org/core/members...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Clinically ignored, archaeologically common. Are these holes in the head a thing of the past?
So glad to finally have this award winning research (@paleopathology.bsky.social ) out -- cribra orbitalia and its relationship to health in living Tsimane adults.
