Reposted by @charlesefferson.bsky.socialTim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · 24/09/2026🚨 Applied Cultural Evolution Brownbag Series 🚨 Two inaugural discussions: Oct 7 What is (uniquely) applied cultural evolution? Caroline Graf, U. Zurich Dec 9 What can cultural evolution offer climate adaptation practitioners? Christine Lindell, World Vision Australia tinyurl.com/3st6zy79 11316
charlesefferson.bsky.social @charlesefferson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Coltrane, born 23 September 1926. 001
Reposted by @charlesefferson.bsky.socialTerence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...mathandai.orgDeclaration — Math and AIRead the declaration and add your name. 422052927
Reposted by @charlesefferson.bsky.socialOlympia L K Campbell @olkcampbell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026New Paper out now in PNAS: Is cousin marriage associated with greater or lower exposure to physical intimate partner violence and coercive control? www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgCousin marriage and reduced exposure to intimate partner violence and coercive control | PNASCousin marriage, practiced by over 10% of the world’s population, restructures kinship networks by overlapping blood and affinal ties. Theory makes... 1148
charlesefferson.bsky.social @charlesefferson.bsky.social · 02/08/2026This fall, the Dept of Ecology and Evolution @ the Univ of Lausanne will be looking for an associate professor in behavioral ecology and cultural evolution. If that sounds like you, please apply. CH is an outstanding place to live and work. ⛰️🚄🔥 wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...wwwfbm.unil.ch 01415
Reposted by @charlesefferson.bsky.socialRuth Mace @ruthmace.bsky.social · 03/06/2026cordis.europa.eu/article/id/4...cordis.europa.euUnderstanding the roots of gender-biased behavioursMany gender-biased practices don’t make evolutionary sense. So why do they happen?,,,European Commission 041
Reposted by @charlesefferson.bsky.socialEconomics. For Society. @ubscenter.uzh.ch · 29/04/2026Ernst Fehr, Professor of Economics at @econ.uzh.ch and @ubscenter.uzh.ch Director, has been elected as an international member of @nasonline.org. www.nasonline.org/news/2026-na... #EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS 081
Reposted by @charlesefferson.bsky.socialRebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Next year in Zurich 😊 🏔️🇨🇭 #ehbea2027 will be held 29 March to 2 April. Website and Bluesky account are already set up (love the logo ❤️) @ehbea2027.bsky.social www.ehbea2027.com 0278
Reposted by @charlesefferson.bsky.socialMarijn Keijzer @mrnkzr.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Travel grants 📣 For the 13th Toulouse Economics & Biology Workshop (June 1–2, 2026, @IAST) we have travel fellowships for PhDs & early-career researchers presenting a poster. Apply by Feb 27! Details: www.iast.fr/conferences/... 11511
Reposted by @charlesefferson.bsky.socialEleanor Power @eapower.bsky.social · 31/01/2026storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 022
Reposted by @charlesefferson.bsky.socialAlexander Schakowski @alexschakowski.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Very happy to see our ice-fishing paper on the cover of @science.org this week! 🎣🎉 We tracked large groups of Finnish competitive ice-fishers to study how social foragers use social information when searching for resources. 🐟 Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... (contact me for open access)science.org 59643
Reposted by @charlesefferson.bsky.socialTim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Excited for the new Transmissions episode on ASU's Sarah Mathew on how human warfare evolved, and her fieldwork in Kenya. Watch here: youtu.be/eUqEcxf5uBQ?... New Episodes monthly! Created by @ferylbadiani.bsky.social and @ahnisnaahsi.bsky.social CC: @arizonastateuni.bsky.socialyoutu.beTransmissions Episode 2 with Dr Sarah MatthewYouTube video by Cultural Evolution Society 087
Reposted by @charlesefferson.bsky.socialRobin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 12/01/2026My new paper on time and studies of human behavior and evolution is out - Just FYI it's a theory paper onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comAdjusting the Aperture: Decolonizing Time in Studies of Human Behavior and EvolutionBiological anthropology has long positioned foraging and often pastoralist populations as the most appropriate referent communities for the rigorous study of human behavior and evolution. With this, ... 45225
Reposted by @charlesefferson.bsky.socialMichael Muthukrishna @michael.muthukrishna.com · 19/11/2025I’m recruiting PhD students at NYU (start Sept 2026). Focus: cultural evolution, innovation & cooperation, AI & society, progress studies & development. Deadline to apply is Dec 1- very soon. I’ll share more about the move & new work soon. Please share with students & retweet! 1129
charlesefferson.bsky.social @charlesefferson.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Congratulations to Dr @mariapykala.bsky.social for successfully defending her PhD thesis yesterday. Two big themes. 1) Social learning as a two-step process with psychological biases shaping both network formation and social learning given a network. 2) Cumulative cultural evolution in an AI world. 172
Reposted by @charlesefferson.bsky.socialJeremy Kendal @jeremykendal.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Physical copies of this 71-chapter tome now exist. Do encourage your library to buy a copy…also doubles as excellent door stop! Co-edited with Jamie Tehrani and @rachkendal.bsky.social. @oxunipress.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social 26228
Reposted by @charlesefferson.bsky.socialNature Human Behaviour @nathumbehav.nature.com · 23/07/2025Through experiments and simulations, this study shows how individuals learn to learn from others, dynamically shaping the processes involved in cultural evolution. @davidschultner.bsky.social @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social @lucasmolleman.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comFeature-based reward learning shapes human social learning strategies - Nature Human BehaviourThis research advances a mechanistic reward learning account of social learning strategies. Through experiments and simulations, it shows how individuals learn to learn from others, dynamically shapin... 0239
Reposted by @charlesefferson.bsky.socialTim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · 09/07/2025@jeremykoster.bsky.social @avbell.bsky.social @drelenamiu.bsky.social @duhe.bsky.social @eapower.bsky.social @kevinlala.bsky.social @charlesefferson.bsky.social 043
charlesefferson.bsky.social @charlesefferson.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Today @schimmelpfennig.bsky.social successfully defended his outstanding thesis on cultural evolution and organizational science. Congratulations, Dr. Schimmelpfennig! 050
Reposted by @charlesefferson.bsky.socialNature Human Behaviour @nathumbehav.nature.com · 10/06/2025This socio-centric social network study estimates the social influence and social selection on preference for cutting female relatives using data from 5163 Ethiopian Arsi Oromo adults. @drsarahmyers.bsky.social @bristolantharch.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comSocial clustering of preference for female genital mutilation/cutting in south-central Ethiopia - Nature Human BehaviourRecent estimates indicate that half of Ethiopian girls aged 15–19 years have experienced female genital mutilation/cutting (FGMC). This socio-centric social network study estimates the social influenc... 086
Reposted by @charlesefferson.bsky.socialDr Sarah Myers @drsarahmyers.bsky.social · 10/06/2025New paper with Eshetu Gurmu, Alex Alvergne @danielredhead.bsky.social Janet Howard & Mhairi Gibson! rdcu.be/eqjfTrdcu.beSocial clustering of preference for female genital mutilation/cutting in south-central EthiopiaNature Human Behaviour - Recent estimates indicate that half of Ethiopian girls aged 15–19 years have experienced female genital mutilation/cutting (FGMC). This socio-centric social... 1206
Reposted by @charlesefferson.bsky.socialProf. Gillian Brown @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social · 27/05/2025The new edition of 'Sense & Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour', co-authored with @kevinlala.bsky.social , is available! Get 30% off (promotion code ASPROMP8): global.oup.com/academic/pro... Ebook is available on Kindle. Thank you to Prof. Clark Barrett for the endorsement! 🧪 13213
charlesefferson.bsky.social @charlesefferson.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Hello, Bluesky. I guess we're here now! New paper in EHS with Sonja Vogt. Among other activities, we replicate our original FGC results from Sudan (Efferson et al, 2015) with a new larger data set. tinyurl.com/knt2v9frtinyurl.comThe cover of randomness: validating implicit methods for the study of sensitive topics | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge CoreThe cover of randomness: validating implicit methods for the study of sensitive topics - Volume 7 044