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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS 🚨 There is an open call for manuscripts on “Metascience of the Evolutionary Human Sciences” as a special collection in our affiliated journal, Evolutionary Human Sciences. Deadline? May 31st, 2027 👀 More information?👇 DON’T MISS IT!

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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

GRANT APPLICATION 📣 @ehbea.bsky.social opens the call for applications for its WORKSHOP & OUTREACH GRANT! We are funding workshops and public engagement activities that advance rigorous, pluralistic, and integrative science. Deadline? 11/09/‘26 More information? 👇 www.ehbea.org/pages/worksh...

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Workshop & Event Grant | EHBEA

Sharing research, building networks, & empowering members.

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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

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Workshop & Event Grant | EHBEA

Sharing research, building networks, & empowering members.

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

✨🚨 @ehbea.bsky.social IS GOING GLOBAL🚨✨ #EHBEA2028 will be a fully online global event, opening the door for those who have rarely/never been able to attend. We’re looking for volunteers at all career stages and levels of involvement. 👉 forms.office.com/e/vCT8Dqk1Mp Please share widely 🫶

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Microsoft Forms

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Arnaud Tognetti @atognetti.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

🚨✨ JOB OFFERS ✨🚨 🧠 Interested in disgust and human disease avoidance? 🦠🤢 🎓 2 PhD positions (Montpellier 🇫🇷) + 1 postdoc (Stockholm 🇸🇪) now open! 📢 Exciting projects in VR, psychophysiology, psychoneuroimmunology, social behavior, and health 🧵 Details + deadlines in thread below!

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Centre for Culture and Evolution @brunelcce.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

📢 Re-upping this! 🧠👶 Had a baby in the last 3 months? Researchers at Brunel University of London want to better understand parents’ expectations and experiences of infant feeding 🍼 A short 10-minute survey 👇 Participants are rewarded for their time completing this survey 📣🧪

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EHBEA 2026 @ehbea2026.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Spring is in the air, and we’re getting excited for #EHBEA2026! Hope you are too! ⏳ Registration for EHBEA 2026 closes April 1 👀 We know… suspicious timing. But it’s real! Grab your spot while you can! #[AI]volution #ConferenceSeason #EvolutionaryHumanSciences #Cognition #BehaviouralScience

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Charley Wu @thecharleywu.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

🚨Last week to apply for a 3 year postdoc with me and @dominikdeffner.bsky.social, embedded in theadaptivemind-excellencecluster.de Focus is on developing innovative experiments and computational models to understand social & cultural learning. Deadline is March 30th 👉 hmc-lab.com/SocialLearni...

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Postdoc position -- Social Learning and Cultural Evolution

Postdoc position -- Social Learning and Cultural Evolution posted on March 2, 2026 We are currently seeking a highly motivated individual...

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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

DEADLINE EXTENSION 🤩 In case you need of some time to finish up your application for a Student or Early Career Researcher Grant, we are happy to announce that we are extending the time for submission until MARCH 7th! Use this time to polish your application, and good luck! More information 👇

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Linda Lidborg @lhlidborg.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Students/ECRs in the evolutionary sciences: don't forget to apply for the EHBEA Student / ECR research grants! Deadline 1 March. Applying is very straightforward and funds can be used for research or professional skills development! More info here: www.ehbea.org/pages/awards

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Awards & Grants | EHBEA

Recognising excellence & supporting initiatives.

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EHBEA 2026 @ehbea2026.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

🌷Are you coming to #EHBEA2026 or maybe need some more convincing? Let's explore the city beyond the conference! Leiden is full of great places to discover between talks, or a great reason to stay a few days longer!🚶 Here's a list:

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EHBEA 2026 @ehbea2026.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Don't forget! ⏰ Early Bird Registration for #EHBEA2026 closes TOMORROW! 🐦✨ Don’t miss your chance to secure a discounted spot at four days of inspiring research, stimulating keynotes & vibrant discussion in Leiden 🇳🇱🧠🌷 Register now and join us 14–17 April! 📅 ➡️https://www.ehbea2026.com/

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Overview | EHBEA2026

The upcoming conference of the European Human Behaviour & Evolution Association will take place in Leiden, The Netherlands, 14th-17th of April 2026. EHBEA conferences bring together researchers applyi...

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Linda Lidborg @lhlidborg.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Happy to have been able to contribute a chapter discussing evolutionary approaches to beauty to the brand new Handbook of Beauty and Inequality! Chapter: doi.org/10.1007/978-... Book: doi.org/10.1007/978-... With @drboothroyd.bsky.social

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Evolutionary Approaches to Beauty

In Evolutionary Psychology, it is sometimes claimed that certain traits are universally considered as beautiful. In both sexes, these alleged universals have included having symmetrical facial and bod...

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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

🚨WINNER ANNOUNCEMET🚨 EHBEA wants to congratulate @drboothroyd.bsky.social and @sheinalew.bsky.social on earning the 2026 EHBEA Award in Excellence in Public Communication and Outreach👏 @durhampsych.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk

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EHBEA 2026 @ehbea2026.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

We have already received many wonderful abstracts, thank you all! 🌟 For those who need a little extra time, we have good news: the #EHBEA2026 deadline has been extended to 9 Jan. ✍️✨ Add the finishing touches, hit submit, and join an exciting, inspiring conference! 👉 www.ehbea2026.com

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Overview | EHBEA2026

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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

✨NEW WEBSITE✨ We are finishing the year with a brand new website, so please stop by, have a look, and enjoy the new looks of EHBEA 💫 👇 👇 👇 www.ehbea.org

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EHBEA | Home

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Bridget Waller @bridgetwaller.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Fully funded PhD studentship on human dominance hierarchies and non-verbal behaviour, with lead Eithne Kavanagh. Join us at NTU! @eithnekavanagh.bsky.social www.ntu.ac.uk/study-and-co...

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Physiological health outcomes of dominance hierarchies in team-based contexts

Find out more about this fully funded PhD studentship opportunity.

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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

🚨 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION 🚨 #EHBEA2026 will be held in Leiden! Do not forget to submit your abstract before December 15th in order to attend and share your research! More in the official account: @ehbea2026.bsky.social 👇👇👇

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Dan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

If you’ve ever attempted a meta-analysis, you’ll know that authors generally do a poor job reporting statistics. If you do this well, you’ll improve your chances of your work being included in a future meta-analysis.

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EHBEA 2026 @ehbea2026.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Seems the NYT likes Leiden as much as we do 😉 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/t... BTW did you know that EHBEA 2026 will take place right in the middle of the renowned Dutch flower season? 🌼🌼 If you consider staying for one extra night you can enjoy the annual parade (“bloemencorso”) on the 18th 😇

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All the Canals and Charm of Amsterdam. None of the Crowds.

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Lynda Boothroyd @drboothroyd.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

So, lots of people picking up Kevin's post to declare all Evolutionary Psychology/ists misogynistic pervs. And I get why but look: I trained in Evo Psych. I trained in Behavioural Ecology too which maybe helps but I came into academia an enthusiastic researcher of sexual selection. 1/

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Giselinde Kuipers @giselinde.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Important myth-debunking by evolutionary psychologists Linda Lidborg and @drboothroyd.bsky.social. The authors also contributed an outstanding chapter to the forthcoming Handbook on Beauty and Inequality edited by @outisarpila.bsky.social and me.

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Linda Lidborg @lhlidborg.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Very excited to have been awarded a BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant for a project where we'll be investigating facial shape changes, parent-child facial resemblance, and face preferences across puberty. Together with @drboothroyd.bsky.social, Elizabeth Meins, and @irisholzleitner.bsky.social 🤩

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EHBEA 2026 @ehbea2026.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Leiden looking good today ;-) 📢 Abstract submission will be open Nov 1st – Dec 15th for EHBEA 2026 ⚡Present your research, connect & collaborate 14-17 April 📝 300 words (extendable to 800 after acceptance) For more information & our full call for abstracts, check www.ehbea2026.com

EHBEA 2026 in Leiden - abstract submission opens soon!

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Dr Juliane Kaminski @comparativeminds.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

We’re looking for a motivated & curious researcher to join our team as a PhD candidate! You’ll work with Prof. Bridget Waller, Dr. Annika Bremhorst, & me at the Dog Cognition Centre, UoP. Are you fascinated by the dog–human bond & dog-human communication? 🐶 Interested? Get in touch with me.

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Shaped by domestication: Did the evolution of facial muscle anatomy and ear morphology in dogs reflect adaptations to humans’ unconscious preferences?

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Linda Lidborg @lhlidborg.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Less than a week left to apply! Reposts appreciated! 🙏

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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

🚨 AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 EHEBA is calling for the Service to the Community Award 🙌 Do not hesitate to nominate someone that you know has contributed in the strengthening of our community beyond their research! Deadline: December 19th, 2025 Here is the form👇 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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2026 service noimination form.doc

2026 EHBEA Services to the Community award Nomination Form Please submit this application form by e-mail to the EHBEA Secretary ehbea.secretary@gmail.com Next Deadline: 5pm (GMT), 19th DECEMBER 20...

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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

🚨AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 EHBEA is calling for SELF-nominations for their New Investigator Award. If you are doing, or know someone, some really cool research as an early-career researcher please don’t hesitate to apply! DEADLINE: December 19th, 2025 Here is the form👇 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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EHBEA-2026-New-Investigator-Award-nomination-form.docx

2026 NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARD Self-nomination Form Please submit this application form by e-mail to the EHBEA Secretary ehbea.secretary@gmail.com. Next Deadline: 5pm (GMT), 19th DECEMBER 2026 ...

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Abbey Page @abbeyepage.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Happy to chat to any #ehbea member about the secretary role just DM or email me at ehbeasecretary@gmail.com

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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

EHBEA is looking for new PRESIDENT and SECRETARY for 2026-2029! 👀 If you know of anybody who could represent EHBEA, nominate them as president! If you know with good organisational skills, nominate them as secretary! DEADLINE: 16/12/2026 HERE IS THE FORM 👇 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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EHBEACommitteeNominationForm_Pres_Sec.doc

EHBEA Committee 2026-2029: Nomination Form The EHBEA Steering Committee is calling for nominations for the following open committee positions for 2026-2029. You are invited to nominate one or more c...

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Lynda Boothroyd @drboothroyd.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Say you were looking for a free, online textbook to use in your teaching of #EvoPSych, Human Behavioural Ecology, Cultural Evolution (or all combined)... which of these titles would tempt you most? (see post below...) #EHBEA #HBES #CulturalTransmisison #HigherEduction #TLHE

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Linda Lidborg @lhlidborg.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

RA opportunity! Join our project on facial shape development and resemblance. Part-time, mostly remote, Jan-June 2026. durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

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CASUAL ACADEMIC - Research Assistant/Associate

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

🚨 GRANT APPLICATION 🚨 Do not forget to apply for the workshop/event grant from EHBEA in case you are organising a scientific event 😉 DEADLINE: September 11th, 2025

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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Last but not least! today we share the talk of Christine Caldwell as plenary speaker at @ehbea2025.bsky.social Here she talks about the cognitive challenges for cumulative cultural evolution and how these abilities were selected 🧠 Don’t miss it! 👇 youtu.be/UvVNfyiYOGc?...

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Christine Caldwell - EHBEA 2025

YouTube video by European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

“The study authors asked GPT 4o-mini to evaluate the quality of 217 papers. The tool didn’t mention in any of the reports that the papers being analyzed had been retracted or had validity issues. In 190 cases, GPT described the papers as world leading, internationally excellent, or close to that”

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ChatGPT tends to ignore retractions on scientific papers

Study finds the chatbot doesn’t acknowledge concerns with problematic studies

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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Starting the week strong 💪 we share now the plenary talk of @heidicolleran.bsky.social, which was part of @ehbea2025.bsky.social Here, she talks about the misconceptions and the biases behind the idea of “natural fertility”👶 Pass by, have a look, and stay tuned! youtu.be/8Ch1t7zpW10?...

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Heidi Colleran - EHBEA 2025

YouTube video by European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association

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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Today we share the work from @drboothroyd.bsky.social, as one of the plenary speaker in @ehbea2025.bsky.social She talks about how common assumptions related to appearance ideals and sexual selection may differ when using more culturally diverse data 😮 Have a look! 👀 youtu.be/ENK3WPSJSo8?...

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Lynda Boothroyd - EHBEA 2025

YouTube video by European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association

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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

We are happy to announce our brand new YoutTube channel 🥳 We start with the plenary talk of Petr Tureček as the New Investigator Award winner in @ehbea2025.bsky.social 🎤🤓 “Error, inspiration, and the dynamics of variance in cultural transmission” 👀 youtu.be/wafXoULA3B0?...

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Petr Turecek - EHBEA 2025

YouTube video by European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association

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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

We are excited to share our next plenary speaker from @ehbea2025.bsky.social ! @prof-r-hill.bsky.social shows the STRANGE biases that exist in animal behaviour research via a nice and thorough overview of primate studies Don’t miss it! 👀 youtu.be/wtS-xouCHqg?...

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Russell Hill - EHBEA 2025

YouTube video by European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association

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Lynda Boothroyd @drboothroyd.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Intense but fun day as the (almost) full editing team for 'the @ehbea.bsky.social textbook' met to go through the entire book post 'user' peer review. Glad to say we've got some amazing reviewers in @durhampsych.bsky.social - I'll never write student-facing material without their input again! #LTHE

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Linda Lidborg @lhlidborg.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Congrats Marta, that's fantastic! 🤩

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Bridget Waller @bridgetwaller.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Research assistant in anatomy (6 months) on ERC project www.FACEDIFF.co.uk - join our team! Based at University of Liverpool with collaborator @drctierney.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMJ093/r...

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Research Assistant - Anatomy - Grade 6 at University of Liverpool

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Research Assistant - Anatomy - Grade 6 on jobs.ac.uk!

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