Social and emotional cognition in Pleistocene hominin evolution: The role of biocultural processes
Patterns and processes of social cognition underlie much of the behavioral and ecological flexibility and adaptive capacity that characterizes the priβ¦
Just out "Social and emotional cognition in Pleistocene hominin evolution: The role of biocultural processes" with @johnhawks.net @marckissel.bsky.social Penny Spikins, Jennifer French and me. Open access in Journal of Archaeological Science... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
02.12.2025 00:33 β π 25 π 12 π¬ 0 π 0
Join us this Thursday in Liverpool for the next MENDLS lecture ππΌ
01.12.2025 09:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Well done James! It was great π€©
27.11.2025 15:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
We hope you are enjoying the series so far! Please join us again next Thursday, 27th November 2025 at 13:00 GMT for a talk by Dr James Clark, University of Cambridge. More details π
If you would like to attend, please register here: liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
20.11.2025 15:50 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1
PANAF2026
ALERT - One day left to submit session abstract for the 17th Congress of the Pan African Archaeological Association for Prehistory and Related Studies! Check here the website : panaf2026moz.com
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National curriculum review in England: 10 key recommendations
Proposals include shortening length of GCSE exams, a new diagnostic test in maths and English, and expanding RE
Young people don't need more "Religious Education" to live in modern world.
If it's inclusion/social cohesion govt is aiming for, then a better approach would be to drop RE, and create new subject Anthropology, on critical thinking, philosophy & belief systems.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
05.11.2025 08:51 β π 127 π 26 π¬ 15 π 3
Please join us next week, Thursday 30th October, for our next talk. We will be joined by Dr Jessica Thompson, Yale University. More details π
Please note the change of start time to 15:00 GMT!
Please register here: liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We hope to see you there!
24.10.2025 11:21 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
Very grateful to everyone who joined our symposium and workshop last week, inspiring discussions and wonderful company all around!
27.10.2025 11:52 β π 11 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Sorry to hear that Marta! I hope your recovery goes well β€οΈ
21.10.2025 20:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Join us tomorrow online for our symposium on quantifying complexity in stone tools! π
20.10.2025 11:48 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
Next Tuesday at UCL π
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ERC funded PhD position on Cultural Evolution
ERC funded PhD position on Cultural Evolution
posted on October 16, 2025
We are currently seeking a highly motivated individual for a ful...
Fully-funded 4-year #PhD in Cultural Evolution! Join my @erc.europa.eu project exploring how compression & compositionality drive cultural innovation: hmc-lab.com/ERCPhDCultur...
Apply by Nov 12!
Maybe of interest to folks from #COSMOS2025 or @eslr.bsky.social? Please feel free to share! π
20.10.2025 09:32 β π 65 π 62 π¬ 1 π 3
On the 4th December 2025, @eesaupe.bsky.social will be giving an in person lecture at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social as part of the MENDLS series.
There will be tea and cake, a panel discussion, and a reception to follow!
Open to all, more details π
Register here:
forms.gle/hHEQA4mSZEXg...
20.10.2025 07:35 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 2
Our first speaker of the academic year in the Human Palaeosystems in Focus seminar series will be Prof Miikka Tallavaara!
His talk will be on βThe evolution of human niche size in East Asia across the Pleistoceneβ
Join us on Wednesday here: www.gea.mpg.de/177637/the-e...
13.10.2025 14:25 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Our first speaker of the academic year in the Human Palaeosystems in Focus seminar series will be Prof Miikka Tallavaara!
His talk will be on βThe evolution of human niche size in East Asia across the Pleistoceneβ
Join us on Wednesday here: www.gea.mpg.de/177637/the-e...
13.10.2025 14:25 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
The seminar series is back! Don't miss the FIRST talk of the 2025/26 Human Palaeosystems in focus - the perfect way to get inspired for the new academic year ahead β‘οΈ
www.gea.mpg.de/177655/the-e...
09.10.2025 13:26 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
We are happy to share the programme of speakers for our global symposium on lithic technology πͺ¨π
There are just a few spaces left for in-person participation! DM for more information.
You can join us online via this Zoom registration link: eu02web.zoom-x.de/webinar/regi...
23.09.2025 10:47 β π 19 π 14 π¬ 0 π 2
We are happy to share the programme of speakers for our global symposium on lithic technology πͺ¨π
There are just a few spaces left for in-person participation! DM for more information.
You can join us online via this Zoom registration link: eu02web.zoom-x.de/webinar/regi...
23.09.2025 10:47 β π 19 π 14 π¬ 0 π 2
No, itβs free to attend online and in-person π
23.09.2025 05:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Deadline for in-person registration is tomorrow!
22.09.2025 17:07 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Fees and Funding - Durham University
@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/...
11.09.2025 09:12 β π 68 π 84 π¬ 0 π 5
Registration for in-person or online participation for our symposium is still open!
09.09.2025 10:56 β π 11 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Join us at the MPI-GEA or online for a free symposium on Quantifying Complexity in Stone Tools on the 21st of October! πͺ¨
With a keynote lecture by Charles Perreault. Full speaker list will be released soon!
Secure your spot here: shh-cloud.gnz.mpg.de/index.php/ap...
12.08.2025 12:33 β π 40 π 14 π¬ 0 π 2
It was a brilliant talk! Thank you so much π
28.08.2025 08:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Today! Donβt miss it π
27.08.2025 06:26 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Join us on Wednesday for our final webinar of series by @jcsvenning.bsky.social on:
βDeep-time, large-scale perspectives on biodiversity and ecosystems: implications for biosphere stewardship in the Anthropocene.β
More information and link to register here: www.gea.mpg.de/168423/deep-...
25.08.2025 15:11 β π 7 π 5 π¬ 1 π 1
Co-organizing a session at #SAA San Francisco with T. Kovach: "Toward an Integration of Quantitative Approaches in #Lithic Analysis." A few spots still open! Abstracts due Sept. 4.
Email me if youβd like to join the conversation: armando.falcucci@nyu.edu
#Archaeology #FlintFriday #FossilFriday πΊ
22.08.2025 10:30 β π 8 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0
Thank you @prelights.bsky.social & Alejandra Leffer's group for choosing our preprint on @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social and for this chance to talk about human- #malaria coevolution!π¦
@eegcam.bsky.social @elliescerri.bsky.social @MPI_GEA
22.08.2025 12:47 β π 16 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0
Logo with trowel and 'Lessons from the Past'
Archaeologists, historians, classicists: can your research into our past inform our future? The βLessons from the Pastβ (March β26) conference is looking for papers on tangible sustainability changes informed by human history lessonsfromthepast.info
@livancworlds.bsky.social #AcademicSky
20.08.2025 08:39 β π 5 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0
Integrating information from palaeoecology, archaeology and traditional knowledge to address urgent Anthropocene crises
linktr.ee/archglobalsouth
Ex-academic data coach helping people who work with data build confident, independent skills in R, using AI to assist rather than replace you. Founder of DataSharp Academy. Here to make data analysis feel natural and doable.
More at: datasharpacademy.com
Professor of Palaeobiology at University of Oxford, studying macroecology, macroevolution and biogeography.
The MATRIX project β Into the Sedimentary Matrix: Mapping the Replacement of Neanderthals by early Modern Humans using micro-contextualized biomolecules β is a European Research Council (ERC) starting grant attributed to Dr. Vera Aldeias.
Archaeologist @school_of_arch @UniofOxford, @LinacreCollege
We are a research Institute specialising in prehistory, and with a strong commitment to public outreach! Follow us for updates on Indian archaeology https://www.sharmaheritage.in
Instructor at Johns Hopkins University (USA), Associate Researcher at Uppsala University (Sweden), and Editorial Board Member at Communications Biology (UK).
NERC CREATES DLA PhD student, University of Cambridge | Human Evolution in Africa, Plio-Pleistocene, Palaeoanthropology, Archaeology | she/her
Africanist archaeologist / Assoc Prof @UMich, Curator @UM_Anth_Arch / Human origins, plasticity, foodways, spatiality, social connectivity, hum-env interactions. @DrBrianStewart on Twitter/X
Our interdisciplinary, pioneering HESCOR project at the #UniCologne combines Earth system science, human system modelling, and humanities to explore nature-culture interactions shaping our past, present, and future world.
https://hescor-project.com
PhD student at @eegcam.bsky.social, Cambridge University.
Molecular ecologist and viperologist (trust me, it's a thing) π π§¬
Archaeologist-turned-editor at Nature Ecology & Evolution. Eland, not dassie.
Updates from research into the Palaeolithic archaeology and its palaeoenvironmental context in the northern Namib Sand sea... #PANS (funded by The Leverhulme Trust) and #RiVER fieldwork expedition (funded by RGS Thesiger Oman Fellowship)
Stone Age Archaeologist, lithic analysis, and technologies. PhD student at The Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and the Evolution of Human Behaviour @icarehb.bsky.socialβ¬
University of Cambridge: Mapping Archaeological Heritage in South Asia Project
Documenting the endangered archaeology and heritage of South Asia and publishing this information in an Open Access Arches geospatial database.
https://linktr.ee/mahsaproject
PAGES is an international project coordinating and promoting past global change research.
www.pastglobalchanges.org
Mexican Historian & Philosopher of Biology β’ Postdoctoral Fellow at @theramseylab.bsky.social (@clpskuleuven.bsky.socialβ¬) β’ Book Reviews Editor for @jgps.bsky.social β’ https://www.alejandrofabregastejeda.com β’ #PhilSci #HistSTM #philsky β’ Escribo y edito
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