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Evolutionary Anthropology Society @evanthsociety.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If our newsletter didn't hit your inbox, not to worry. It's posted online. Check it out as it has important information about next year's EAS-HBA meeting in Philadelphia. www.evanthsoc.org/post/septemb...
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September 2026 Newsletter
Evolutionary Anthropology Society NewsletterSeptember 2026Table of Contents1. Introducing our new newsletter editor, Elic Weitzel2. Conference abstract submission information3. Donation portal4. Searc...
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Elic Weitzel @elicweitzel.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Our new Element with @universitypress.cambridge.org is out today! Please check out "The Behavioral Ecology of Food: Bridging the Archaeological and the Contemporary" by Natalie Munro and I. You can download a PDF for free here until Feb. 10th: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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The Behavioral Ecology of Food
Cambridge Core - Prehistory - The Behavioral Ecology of Food
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Elic Weitzel @elicweitzel.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Thank you to the Scientific Exploration Society for helping to fund this season of fieldwork in Guatemala!
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Elic Weitzel @elicweitzel.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Off to Guatemala! Thanks to the Scientific Exploration Society for their support!
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Elic Weitzel @elicweitzel.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
I'm pleased to announce that Natalie Munro and I have authored an Element through @universitypress.cambridge.org on "The Behavioral Ecology of Food: Bridging the Archaeological and the Contemporary." It will be released in February, and you can pre-order it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
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Elic Weitzel @elicweitzel.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
For any graduate students in anthropology/archaeology, the Smithsonian is accepting applications for a 10-week in-residence fellowship to use the Museum of Natural History collections to study a topic related to Indigenous cultures. $15k award. Apps due Aug 1! fellowships.si.edu/opportunity/...
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The Robert D. Hevey, Jr. and Constance M. Filling Fellowship in Anthropology
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UConn Research @uconnresearch.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
What can centuries-old deer bones teach us about conservation? 🦌 @elicweitzel.bsky.social analyzes these bones to study unsustainable practices of the past. His work could help us avoid making the same mistakes in the future. today.uconn.edu/2025/06/how-...
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How Economics Nearly Drove New England’s White-Tailed Deer to Extinction - UConn Today
“Once you start commodifying animals and commodifying nature, problems happen”
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Elic Weitzel @elicweitzel.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
My new paper on early evidence for colonial-era white-tailed deer declines was just featured in UConn Today! “Once you start commodifying animals and commodifying nature, problems happen.” today.uconn.edu/2025/06/how-...
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How Economics Nearly Drove New England’s White-Tailed Deer to Extinction - UConn Today
“Once you start commodifying animals and commodifying nature, problems happen”
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Elic Weitzel @elicweitzel.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Check out my new article in @us.theconversation.com about white-tailed deer historical ecology! It's a broad overview of the entirety of human-deer interactions in the eastern U.S., but also features some of my latest work on the topic. theconversation.com/the-rise-and...
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The rise and fall – and rise again – of white-tailed deer
A new archaeological study finds early evidence of white-tailed deer declines in the 17th century, likely driven by the commodification of deerskins under colonial capitalism.
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Elic Weitzel @elicweitzel.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Giving a talk on deer historical ecology in Sterling, VA next month at Crooked Run Fermentation Brewery! Come grab a drink and hang out! Tickets available below: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/prof...
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Profs & Pints Northern Virginia: Deer to Us
Profs and Pints Northern Virginia presents: “Deer to Us,” on more than 12,000 years of interactions between eastern North America’s white-tailed deer and human residents, with Elic Weitzel, postdocto...
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Elic Weitzel @elicweitzel.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Pleased to share my new paper on the Commodification of White-Tailed Deer in 17th century Southern New England! In it, I find evidence for increased hunting pressure on deer from the late 17th c., suggesting their population declined soon after Europeans arrived authors.elsevier.com/a/1l60c-JVc4...
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Elspeth Ready @elspethready.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Job announcement 🚨: paid fieldwork opportunity with Sanguatsiniq research project! Details in thread ⬇️ Please share!
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Elic Weitzel @elicweitzel.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Had a great time at #SAA2025 talking about the evidence (or lack thereof) for overhunting white-tailed deer
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Elic Weitzel @elicweitzel.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Read the @51st.news instead of @washingtonpost.com. Independent worker-controlled news beats the hell out of undemocratic pro-billionaire propaganda...
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Elic Weitzel @elicweitzel.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Just about one week left until the deadline! Undergrads - get those applications in!
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Elic Weitzel @elicweitzel.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
If you're in DC on Thursday, February 20th, stop by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - I'll be on the floor of the museum talking about the historical ecology of white-tailed deer! naturalhistory.si.edu/events/histo...
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The History of White-Tailed Deer Hunting
With the large numbers of deer that wander through our backyards and in front of our cars, you would never know that the species nearly went extinct a century ago. Come learn from historical ecologist...
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Elic Weitzel @elicweitzel.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
A reporter from Newsweek interviewed me about what I personally consider to be some of the most interesting archaeological sites to visit in the US. Check it out! Which sites did I miss? www.newsweek.com/best-archaeo...
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Most fascinating ancient sites in the U.S.—according to an archaeologist
The U.S. is full of archaeological sites, "but in most cases you could be standing right on top of one and never know it," Elic Weitzel told Newsweek.
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Elic Weitzel @elicweitzel.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
If anyone is looking for fieldwork funding, the Scientific Exploration Society could help. I received their Sir Charles Blois Explorer Award last year, and it's going to help fund my fieldwork this summer. The first round of applications are due in a week! ses-explore.org/about-our-ex...
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About our Explorer Awards | Scientific Exploration SocietyVisit our FacebookVisit our InstagramVisit our LinkedInVisit our YouTube channelcross-circleVMLogolinkedinfacebookpinterestyoutubersstwitterin...
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Elic Weitzel @elicweitzel.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
This Saturday (Feb. 8), there's a sensory-friendly event for neurodivergent folks and their families to check out the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History before it opens for the day. I'll be in the Hall of Human Origins to answer questions! Register in advance here: access.si.edu/program/morn...
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Morning at the Museum
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Elic Weitzel @elicweitzel.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
If you're in DC on Thursday, February 20th, stop by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - I'll be on the floor of the museum talking about the historical ecology of white-tailed deer! naturalhistory.si.edu/events/histo...
naturalhistory.si.edu
The History of White-Tailed Deer Hunting
With the large numbers of deer that wander through our backyards and in front of our cars, you would never know that the species nearly went extinct a century ago. Come learn from historical ecologist...
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Zooarchaeology Interest Group (SAA) @zig-saa.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Awesome opportunity for advanced undergrads or recent grads below! 👇👇👇
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Elic Weitzel @elicweitzel.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I'm hiring two upper-level undergraduates (or recent graduates) this August for a 3 week long PAID Smithsonian internship in Connecticut. We'll be visiting several archaeological collections to measure quahog clam shells! Please share! Apply here by March 1: internships.si.edu/opportunity/...
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Marine Historical Ecology and Zooarchaeology Internship
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Elic Weitzel @elicweitzel.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Shit, did I miss the call for grant applications to advance Marxist equity and GND social engineering?
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Daniel Aldana Cohen @aldasky.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I know the Jevons paradox is real bc every time I get a new computer, I open more windows and tabs on my web browser until it gets equally slow.
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Jonathan Dombrosky @thanatocoenose.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
We've got a fantastic session shaping up! *One more week until the abstract submission deadline!* DM me if you'd like more details! 🏺🧪
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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
An incredible opportunity for the right person: The Santa Fe Institute is seeking applications for full-time resident faculty positions at all academic levels For me, this has been the best possible job ever. More info here: santafe.edu/about/jobs/r...
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sfiscience
SFI seeks applications for full-time, 12-month resident faculty positions at all academic levels.
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Felix Riede @felixthehauskat.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Major JOB ALERT! I and close colleagues have 4 (!) positions open. So if you're looking for a postdoc or PhD, do read on:
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Adrian Jaeggi @jaeggiadrian.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
🚨 JOB ALERT!! We're looking for a PhD student to join our group! Are you interested in evolutionary medicine / anthropology? Already have a master's? Apply with your own project ideas! See link: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie... #EvMed @bioanth.org @ehbea.bsky.social Please RT!
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UZH: PhD position in evolutionary anthropology and medicine
The Human Ecology Group of the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine (IEM) Institute of Evolutionary Medicine at the University of Zurich, led by Prof. Adrian Jaeggi, is inviting applications from prospe...
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Kaitlyn Hajdarovic, Ph.D @khajdarovic.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Citing a paper from the 1950s that’s only available as a poorly photocopied PDF is the scientific equivalent of only listening to albums on vinyl
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 23/11/2024
“Join a labor union, a social movement, a political party, a tenant union, a community organization, a book club. Literally anything is better than sitting at home and scrolling on your phone and getting mad at the news.”
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Many protest movements of the past decade have backfired. What would it take for one to succeed under Trump?
Some features of mass protests in the 2010s also held them back – but years of study have made journalist Vincent Bevins believe solidarity and structure can effect change
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Elic Weitzel @elicweitzel.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
After 8 years of work, time to get this published!
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Elic Weitzel @elicweitzel.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Thank you to the Scientific Exploration Society for honoring me with the 2024 Sir Charles Blois Explorer Award! I had a great time in London meeting everyone and am very grateful for the Society's support. #explore #archaeology #fieldwork
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