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Participants needed! I am currently looking for anyone who menstruates to take part in a study of the relationship between sensory processing, menstruation and mental health. We need both neurotypical and autistic folks to take part! More info below: durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0H…

We are delighted that Hannah Fry will join the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics in January 2025 as Cambridge's first Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics. Learn more in our interview: maths.cam.ac.uk/features/hanna… @FryRsquared @Cambridge_Uni

📣PUBLISHED 📣 A team of computational archaeologists have explored how the transmission of ideas between different populations was impacted by post-marital residence rules, population growth, and when and from whom people acquire their knowledge. 👉 arch.cam.ac.uk/news/computer-…

@adigitaltanay @kristensyme @ed_hagen @DorsaAmir @Evolving_Moloch Good question! I've never heard anyone mention boredom (there may not be a word for it) and there's always something going on in small camps and large villages. It doesn't seem to be a big feature of BaYaka childhoods, but it could also be that it hasn't been on my radar.

#AnthropologyTwitter How bored are individuals (esp children + teens) in contemporary small-scale populations? Is there good prior work/ethnographies? Does anyone have anecdotes/observations from their field sites? @kristensyme @ed_hagen @DorsaAmir @sheinalew @Evolving_Moloch

The 14th International Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies (CHAGS14), planned to be hosted Reno, Nevada June 2025 *WILL BE POSTPONED UNTIL 2026*. We will update you with information on changed arrangements as soon as possible. #ISHGR #CHAGS #HunterGatherers

New blog: If you use observation-level random effects, your predictive checks are probably wrong. Here's how to do it the right way in both #brms and #PyMC tl;dr: you need to sample new levels of the OLRE to avoid a false goodness-of-fit erikringen.github.io/posts/OLRE/

The vast majority of cultural variation that has ever existed is gone, the remnants of which are confined to archaeological assemblages and ethnographic and historical accounts. The last few centuries have seen people around the world converge on the norms of industrial capitalism. How can you have a broad understanding of 'human nature' if your knowledge of it comes from a single dominant socioecological context?

Gökhan Gonul, @karrineldner and I are editing a special issue in @ActaPsych on innovation and creativity in children and nonhuman animals - we encourage submissions from diverse perspectives (empirical, theoretical, methodological). Please share widely: sciencedirect.com/special-issue/…

RT @EvoEvolving: The authors of 'Evolution Evolving' book, at the KLI book launch event in Vienna last week. From left to right: auth…

PAPER ALERT. First paper from my PhD-project is now out. In collaboration with @ARCHAEOfelix, we have looked at children and innovation during the Little Ice Age in Greenland. Read it in EJA by @archaeologyEAA published by @CambUP_Archaeo: doi.org/10.1017/eaa.20…

Have you ever heard a baby crying in utero? 😭 17th-century midwives, doctors, and parents sometimes did! I'm excited to share my new (open access) article in @CultSocHistory: doi.org/10.1080/147800…

Evolutionary Human Sciences is putting together a themed collection on scientific racism, and invites contributions which are broadly relevant to this topic. Learn more> cup.org/4e5ypX7

📢Job alert📢 Postdoc research fellow, to lead data analysis of longitudinal cohort data + get trained on qual methods for a mixed method project on "Cooperative Childrearing in Middle Childhood and Adolescent Wellbeing" at UCL. Apply by 21st Nov! ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

New paper alert! 🚩 We studied how #language evolution is affected by individual differences - do people adapt their language to #minorities in a group communication game? Tl;dr: yes, but it also depends on how attached they are to the learnt forms. Read: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/J…

1/3 📢 We're excited to announce our next at #EHBEA2025plenary: Prof Lynda Boothroyd! @DurhamPsych, Prof Boothroyd's leading research addresses evolutionary and cross-cultural perspectives on attraction and body ideals.👧👦🏾 @EHBEA1 @drboothroyd See: ehbea2025.com

My new book is finally out in the world, see the following link to the e-version, paperback and hardback. Plus 20% Discount code: XU2024. Also available on Amazon: a.co/d/bS2jVGv

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“having a child was once seen as a cornerstone event, something young people did as they embarked on adult life. Now, says Professor Rotkirch, it’s seen as a capstone event – what you do once other goals have been achieved” bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…