iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

New preprint 🚨 Traditionally, the Hadza lived as mobile hunter-gatherers, moving camps several times per year. Today this is changing - but why? We show that subsistence transition offers multiple pathways to food security. Families who move less are *substantially* more food secure.

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Moving On From Movement: Sedentism Provides a Key Pathway to Food Security for Hadza Hunter-Gatherers

Extensive discussion attends to the disadvantages of shifting from mobile hunter-gatherer subsistence to sedentary living. Fewer studies have investigated

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James Holland Jones @juemos.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

In preparing for this position, my department solicited some faculty visions for Environmental Behavioral Sciences that we discussed in a series of faculty meetings. I reproduced my vision statement, focusing on what I see as important in prospective faculty for our department, on my blog:

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What We Should Seek in EBS Colleagues – Monkey’s Uncle

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Ed Hagen @edhagen.net · 18/07/2026

The relationship between testosterone and grip strength, an index of physical formidability, in a representative sample of US adult men (point sizes are survey weights). 🧪

A scatterplot of combined grip strength (y-axis) vs. serum testosterone (x-axis) in 3498 US adult men (18-60) from NHANES 2011 - 2014. A polynomial smooth regression line is completely flat. Combined grip strength is the sum of grip strength in both hands. Point sizes are survey weights.

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Kyle Goon @kylegoon.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

In February, USA Rugby banned trans women from all levels of one of the world’s most inclusive sports. What happened next was telling. Across the country, teams refused to comply. The story of the Baltimore Ferals, who are pushing back: www.thebanner.com/sports/rugby...

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

New account to follow, resurrecting some of old Twitter's humour 👇

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Kris Smith @kris-smith.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Napalm Death being on Tiny Desk is surely another sign we live in one of the stranger timelines, but at least it's a sign I can enjoy for once youtu.be/e81LZCHhNKQ?...

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Napalm Death: Tiny Desk Concert

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Ashley Watts @ashleylwatts.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Excited to share a paper recently accepted at Nature Mental Health! 😄 For decades, we've assumed that covariance among psychopathology informs comorbidity. What if we’ve been wrong?

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babs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

just started reading this incredible tome; only about 20% of the way through and already highly recommend

FEVERS, FEUDS, AND DIAMONDS
EBOLA AND THE RAVAGES OF HISTORY
PAUL FARMER

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Kevin Bird @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Twitter is going kind of crazy about crime and genetics right now (What's new?). My next post is a deep dive into a paper behind a widespread claim that brutal execution in Medieval Europe selected for reduced aggression, allowing civilization to develop. The title says it all, really.

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Capital punishment is not a breeding program

No, medieval execution didn't "genetically pacify" Europe

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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

5,843 terminated NIH grants. 110 canceled announcements. Courts ordering reinstatements. Political pre-issuance review in action. My take in MedPage Today. @medpagetoday.com www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

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Opinion | I Was an NIH Program Official. Here's What a Peer Reviewer Doesn’t See.

The NEJM editors understand the threat of the proposed federal grant review changes

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Kris Smith @kris-smith.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I love teaching biological anthropology every semester because there's always new work like this coming out that significantly changes what we understand about human evolution, keeping it fresh

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David W Lawson @davidwlawson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Super happy to see this paper out! I think we did a good job of making sense of a dense and often conflicted literature, and Elizabeth and Dan were wonderful writing partners! Elizabeth 💫 has probably read every paper on arranged marriage out there! Check it out!

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Ashley J Coventry @ashleyjcoventry.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Come join us on the leadership team of #WplusEBS!

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Anne Pisor @annepisor.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Run to become a leader of @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social! We work closely with evolutionary social & behavioral science societies -- HBES, CES, and EHBEA -- to foster spaces supportive of women and sexual and gender minorities. As incoming W+EBS president, I'm happy to chat if you have questions! 📞

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Kris Smith @kris-smith.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I had a blast talking with Dave and David @epthepod.bsky.social last week! We also got to talk about cultural variation and some of the challenges of adapting methods to different contexts

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paolo @paolopalma.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I've recently been featured on a Postdoc Spotlight for @ctnplus.bsky.social. As people may know, I started off in social psychology studying anti-immigrant prejudice. This spotlight highlights how I've taken what I've learned to inform my work in public health, and particularly in HIV stigma.

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Postdoc Spotlight: Paolo Palma | The CTN+

Dr. Paolo Palma joined the CTN+ in 2025 as a postdoctoral fellow. Grounded by a background in social psychology, he’s driven to understand the health impact of prejudice and discrimination, and how we...

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Danai Papageorgiou @danaipapageorgiou.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

In our new TREE paper, with M. Borgerhoff Mulder, S. Brosnan and E. Strauss we show that power in animal societies can be subject to control. When high-powered individuals use aggression to gain better access to resources, other group members can respond with "levelling". doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

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Redirecting

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Human Sociality Lab @socialitylab.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Northern Kenya experiences extreme heat. Practitioners connect this heat to anxiety. Household heads report kids can’t go outside. At the @pennstateuniv.bsky.social Climate Solutions Symposium, HSL PhD student @soujanyaakkiraju09.bsky.social presented early insights from CHARMES Kenya. 1/2

Soujanya presents her blue, orange, and yellow poster

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Our NIH-funded research - including as part of CREID - developed, deployed, and established capacity for many of the core tools and countermeasures used during outbreaks. Diagnostics, sequencing, monoclonals and vaccines. As we're facing a new foe with none of those, all that work, defunded. Gone.

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WIRED @wired.com · 28/05/2026

The Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases were launched during the Covid-19 pandemic. The group lost its funding under Trump in part due to conspiracy theories. www.wired.com/story/us-res...

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These Researchers Would Be in Africa Fighting Ebola—but Trump Cut Their Funding

The Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases were launched during the Covid-19 pandemic. The group lost its funding under Trump in part due to conspiracy theories.

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

What Paul Farmer told me once: "People, when they are sick, are not looking to be sprayed, controlled, counselled, told about bush meat...they are looking to survive, and when they see the quality of care is not good, they are going to flee... Control without care is what amplified Ebola epidemic"

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Anne Pisor @annepisor.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

It is such an honor to receive this award, and especially alongside @dconroybeam.bsky.social! Thank you to the @humbehevosoc.bsky.social community! 🙏🏻

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WSU Department of Anthropology @wsuanthropology.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

We're continuing to celebrate to our Anthropology graduates this spring! This year’s graduates include PhD, MA, and BA students who completed an impressive range of accomplishments. Here are some spring commencement highlights.

Pictured:

Dr. Evelien Deelen (Dissertation: Veterinary Care in Anthropological Perspective: Ethnoveterinary Medicine and Human–Horse Relationships; Advisor: Dr. Marsha Quinlan)

Dr. Arpita Sinha (Advisor: Dr. Clare Wilkinson)

Temechegn Bira (Dissertation: Social Learning in Childhood and Adolescence Among Koygu Transitional Hunter-Gatherers and Nyangatom Pastoralists in Southern Ethiopia; Advisor: Barry Hewlett)

Dr. Temechegn Bira (Dissertation: Social Learning in Childhood and Adolescence Among the Koygu Transitional Hunter-Gatherers and the Nyangatom Pastoralists in Southern Ethiopia; Advisor: Dr. Barry Hewlett)

Dr. Addisalem Sugamo Dissertation: Megaliths, Mobility, and Landscape: Lithic Technology and Strontium Isotope Evidence from Gedeo and Menz, Ethiopia (Advisor: Dr. Andrew Duff)

Pictured: M.A. graduates Madeline Jennings, Hawi Bekele, Taylor Haskett

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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

My latest for @statnews.com is deeply personal. I write about returning from Sierra Leone after running an #Ebola Treatment Unit in 2014 — and becoming a suspected Ebola patient myself. It’s also about whose suffering gets seen during outbreaks, and whose does not. www.statnews.com/2026/05/20/e...

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I saw Ebola as both doctor and patient. I wish people cared more about the Africans I worked alongside

“As another Ebola outbreak unfolds, we cannot repeat the mistakes of the past,” writes Krutika Kuppalli.

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

A year before he passed away, I interviewed Dr Paul Farmer @pih.org about his book on Ebola So relevant right now, especially the dangers of “control-over-care approach” - i.e. isolation & quarantine, but fails to ensure adequate clinical care to the sick www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

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Ebola, Covid-19 And The Elusive Quest For Global Health Equity

Published during this pandemic, Paul Farmer’s new book, “Fevers, Feuds, And Diamonds,” is important, as it presents a critical dissection of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and the lessons we can l...

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Human Sociality Lab @socialitylab.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Wow it's hard to start new research and grow our lab and get stuff out and *also* be social, but Human Sociality Lab is still here! We'll catch you up on our latest. To get you started: greetings from Kenya, where Soujanya Akkiraju and @annepisor.bsky.social work on climate change and health! 👋🌍🇰🇪

Lake Victoria shot from a Land Rover. In the foreground is a traditional wooden boat and a dirt road to a boat launch

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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 18/05/2026

The Seattle Times published a full obituary for Juniper Blessing. It's a moving tribute to a life well-lived. May she rest in peace, and may UW honour and carry on her legacy. Scholarships named for her might be a good start.

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UW student Juniper Blessing, 19, remembered as ‘full of life’

Those who knew Juniper Blessing, the 19-year-old trans woman killed in her off-campus housing building, said she had a powerful, moving voice.

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

the only way through the pandemicene is together — through multilateralism and a global health built on a foundation of human rights. the rest of the world is already starting to leave the US behind. they don’t have a choice

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Anne Pisor @annepisor.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

At long last, the director (@kris-smith.bsky.social) & co-directors of the Tanga Sociality & Fisheries Project in the same place at the same time ( #CESRabat) after writing multiple papers together! Some fruits of our labors are here: www.socialitylab.org/pubs/. Also btw our work was #NSFfunded 👌🏻

Kris Smith, Anne Pisor, and Monique Borgerhoff Mulder at UM6P in Rabat

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WSU Department of Anthropology @wsuanthropology.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Still more from the Society for American Archaeology conference! Here is Dr. Samantha Fladd with a freshly printed copy of "Capturing Water: Puebloan Resilience and Agricultural Sustainability in Chaco Canyon," a new volume co-edited with R. Gwinn Vivian. Book here: uofupress.com/books/captur...

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WSU Department of Anthropology @wsuanthropology.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Conference season is upon us! Anthropology graduate students Jordan Thompson and Taylor Haskett presented their research at the BioRISE Indigenous Research and Projects Symposium held at the Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center at WSU.

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M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Entering the grand halls of the NAS I felt a potent mixture of awe and fury. Science is so amazing. Not just for its material discoveries, but also for what it reveals about human values and our ability to know the world *together*. Shame on everyone who is complicit in this crisis. >>

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M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Last weekend I received the Troland Research Award from the @nationalacademies.org. I’m so grateful to the communities who made this work possible. It's strange to receive this award at a time when much of the work being recognized is not eligible for federal funding. My remarks 👇 and a 🧵>>

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NAS 163rd Annual Meeting - Awards Ceremony

YouTube video by National Academy of Sciences

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tiddlydump.bsky.social @tiddlydump.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

I'll keep reposting this until I no longer find it funny

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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Thanks to the Baylor media office for doing a nice write-up of my recent PNAS Nexus article with @kris-smith.bsky.social. Of course, we also saw tremendous generosity in these economic experiments (!), but "life-like" sharing patterns only occurred when people took from peers in surplus.

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W+EBS @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Happy #WplusEBSWednesday! We're so excited to be hosting social events at both #CES2026 and #HBES2026 this year. At #HBES2026 we will be hosting a social community-building event called "Skip the Small Talk"! Date and time will be announced in the upcoming weeks. We hope to see you there!

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W+EBS @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Happy #WplusEBSWednesday! I'm excited to announce our social event for #CES2026. We'll be hosting a speed-networking event, "Survival of the Social" during #CES2026. Date and time will be announced in the upcoming weeks :)

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Anne Pisor @annepisor.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Congratulations to my MA student Courtney Elmore on her NSF GRFP!! A thread about Courtney's research, accomplishments, and where she's headed 🧵 #NSFfunded #veteransinSTEM #earlycareerresearcher #anthropology

GRFP fellow Courtney Elmore celebrates the news with sushi

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

🚨🚨🚨 International Society for Moral Psychology (ISMP) 🚨🚨🚨 ISMP was formed to create an interdisciplinary and international home for moral psychology, aimed at fostering deeper engagement across traditions, methodologies, and cultural contexts. internationalsocietymoralpsychology.com/join-ismp/

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Become a Member – International Society for Moral Psychology

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John Hawks @johnhawks.net · 10/04/2026

The National Science Foundation has proposed eliminating the directorate that includes most of the federal funding for fieldwork and research in human origins. It's a sudden acceleration of a decades-long trend. I comment on what this means. www.johnhawks.net/p/us-federal...

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U.S. federal support for human origins research may be over

The field is generating more new discoveries than ever, but significant setbacks for students and many researchers.

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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

At the Capitol again today trying to make inroads on the disastrous plans to kill social science at the NSF. Your turn. Call your reps. Tell them Congress must act to preserve funding for SBE. Seriously. Today.

Woman with sunglasses smiling in front of the US Capitol.

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Anne Stone @acstone.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Once again it is time to contract your representatives: The FY27 budget request for NSF (see nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202...) would get rid of the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences.

Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences. In FY 2027, NSF will close-out this directorate. Continuing grants that align with Administration priorities, such as in behavioral and cognitive science, and all impacted employees will be transferred to other parts of the agency. The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics will operate independently of the directorates and continue to be supported through the R&RA appropriation.

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Kris Smith @kris-smith.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

What I appreciate about the debunking of Mendelian traits is it is often just as much about advances in genetics as it is better measurement of and attention to phenotypic variation. You can't understand how genetics contribute to phenotypes without also understanding phenotypes themselves

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WSU Department of Anthropology @wsuanthropology.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

WSU Anthropology Ph.D. students Madison Honig and Tigist Temesgen presented their resesarch projects at the Northwest Evolution, Ecology, and Human Behavior Symposium earlier this year. Great work representing the department!

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