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Minhua Yan @minhuayan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

With kin/friends, people are willing to accept any division, but often incorporate HD into their preferrence and adopt it without discussion. With non-kin/non-friends, people prefer to reward contributions, but often converge on HD through negotiation.

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Minhua Yan @minhuayan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This is exactly what we have found in Derung cooperative farming, where most cofarming is among kin or friends, and the norm is to divide harvest equally by household ("HD") regardless of contributions.

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Minhua Yan @minhuayan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

You'd think shared interests make splitting a surplus easy to agree on. Actually the opposite: with shared interests, each party is willing to accept less, so the range of "acceptable" splits gets bigger, making it harder to settle on just one. Norms fix this by specifying an outcome.

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Minhua Yan @minhuayan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

My new preprint! osf.io/preprints/so... Even kin and friends need social norms to cooperate well. Why? Wanting to cooperate doesn't solve everything—like how to split the surplus.

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Paul Smaldino @psmaldino.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Want to do a PhD to work on models of opinion dynamics and the inequalities of information flow, with an emphasis on climate change and climate policy? Apply by October 15 to work with Ago Merico and myself, based at @leibniz-zmt.de in Bremen, Germany. www.leibniz-zmt.de/en/vacancies...

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Doctoral candidate (gn) - WG Systems Ecology

Das Leibniz-Zentrum für Marine Tropenforschung (ZMT) erforscht tropische und subtropische Küstenökosysteme und ihre Bedeutung für Natur und Menschen erforscht.

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Oleg Sobchuk 🇺🇦 @sobchuk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

📣 I'm hiring! Two positions (PhD student & Postdoc) in my ERC project Macroevolution of European Literature. Let's study the cultural evolution of literature using massive data 📚📈 📍Frankfurt | Apply by August 15 Details: www.aesthetics.mpg.de/en/career/jo... Please repost to help spread the word!

Job announcement of two positions at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt: postdoc (Macroevolution of European Literature) and PhD student (Computational Literary Studies). Successful candidates will be affiliated with the research group Cultural Evolution of the Arts.

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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

We are hiring an assistant professor in Metascience! Join our lovely department of Human-Technology Interaction, with a very active Metascience group, at Eindhoven University of Technology. Apply here before August 14, or share the vacancy in your network! www.tue.nl/en/working-a...

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Assistant Professor in Metascience

Personal type: Scientific staff

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Haneul Jang @haneuljang.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

We are accepting expressions of interest or short abstracts (200 words) for both issue 1 and issue 2 until 31 August 💙 For further information or any questions, please feel free to contact me directly at haneul.jang@ird.fr or the editorial team at hgreditor+se@gmail.com

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Dieter Lukas @dieterlukas.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026

I compiled a list of 350 #funding opportunities for #postdoctoral research #fellowships: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J2M… I realized I should share this again after mentioning it to some folks at the #EFP2026

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Minhua Yan @minhuayan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The irony is, you will probably have to pay to get this published. 😂

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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Since I spend so much time grousing about key lit being locked away in out-of-print volumes; I was super stoked to discover Cashdan's *entire* 1990 edited volume on HBE approaches to risk on Researchgate! Eat your heart out! www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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(PDF) Risk And Uncertainty In Tribal And Peasant Economies (13 chapters, full text)

PDF | Chapters by: D. W. Stephens Colin W. Clark Bruce Winterhalder Raymond Hames Hillard Kaplan, Kim Hill and A. Magdelena Hurtado Kristen Hawkes Eric... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

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Simon Columbus @simoncolumbus.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

My department is hiring a lecturer (i.e. assistant prof) in developmental psychology.

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This came across my IG feed and it's too good to not share here

A pie chart labeled "benefits of staying in academia after PhD" where the categories are salary, wellness, stable mental health, and confidence for your future. They are each associated with a different color. The pie chart has four pieces of different sizes and colors. But the colors in the pie chart do not match the colors Associated with the four items supposedly being visualized here.

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Haneul Jang @haneuljang.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

💙 Call for contributions! 💙 To mark 60 years since the Man the Hunter conference (1966), Hunter Gatherer Research is curating a two-part special issue on “Lessons and Reflections from Hunter-Gatherer Research” www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journal/hgr A thread on the two issues & formats👇

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Daniel Heck @danielheck.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Postdoc position @unimarburg.bsky.social in the project: "Bridging the Gap Between Verbal Psychological Theories & Formal Statistical Modeling with Large Language Models" (funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de) 📅Start: 01.10.2026 |⏳3 years 🔗 Job posting: uni-marburg.de/78NrWT Thanks for sharing!

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Paul Smaldino @psmaldino.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I'm teaching an online workshop on ABM and model-based thinking through ICPSR next month. Details linked below in case you or someone you know is interested.

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Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

🚨 CES Elections 2026–2029 🚨 We’ve extended the nomination period for SIX Executive Committee positions: President-Elect, Treasurer, Secretary, 2x Executive Ordinary Members and Student Rep! 🗓 Nominations close: Jun14 🗳 Voting: Jun24–Jul8 📢 Results announced this summer forms.gle/9yX2SLcf82Vk...

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Cultural Evolution Society Elections 2026: Nomination Form

Please use this form to submit your nomination(s) for the Executive Committee's open positions. On this page we will ask you for general details. The next pages allow you to choose the position(s) ...

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Daryl Cameron @dcameron.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Coming up this week! Webpage has speakers, abstracts, registration (online & in person; free), press release. Sequel to our Consortium on Moral Decision-Making 2024 event on empathic AI, co-hosted with Center for Social Data Analytics. We hope to grow research moralconsortium.psu.edu/events/ai-an...

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AI and Social Research: Empathic AI, Metascience, and Methodology - Consortium on Moral Decision-Making

This two-day interdisciplinary event will bring together researchers from psychology, political science, philosophy, computer science, and related fields to explore the intersection of artificial inte...

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Mary Elizabeth Sutherland @meharpist.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

@nature.com is expanding Registered Reports - an article type where the research plan is reviewed prior to conducting the study, and, if it passes peer review, we promise to publish it regardless of the results - to all fields we publish + a broader range of research: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Nature is expanding Registered Reports to all the fields in which we publish

Registered Reports improve the credibility of scientific claims by rewarding big questions, sound methods and solid analyses. They need to become a standard tool in research.

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EHBEA @ehbea.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

@ehbea.bsky.social develops different grants to support its community’s research 🔬 We fund them mainly by our membership fees, but we are also open for donations of any amount 😌 Help us keep doing our work and support the evolutionary human sciences 🙌 More info👇 www.ehbea.org/pages/donate

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Support EHBEA | EHBEA

Donate & empower the next generation in science.

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Minhua Yan @minhuayan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I so want the prediction to be right. Did the model consider that future demands for laborers may decrease due to AI?

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Joan Silk @jbsilk.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

HiveMind: I am teaching a graduate proposal writing seminar, and would appreciate suggestions for syllabi, readings, etc about how to write a good research proposal.

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Zach Garfield @zhgarfield.com · 30/04/2026

Conference update emails for #HBES2026 and #CESRabat will be sent soon. In the meantime, updated programs are live on both conference websites: airess.fgses-um6p.ma/hbes2026 airess.fgses-um6p.ma/ces2026 Check them out! @ces2026.bsky.social @hbes2026.bsky.social

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Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

A reminder you have until April 10 to get your applications in. Don't hesitate, it's a great award and prize!

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Charles Mullon @charlesmullon.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

With @saramitri.bsky.social, @sonjalehtinen.bsky.social and L. Lehmann we’ve launched the UNIL Center for Theory in Ecology and Evolution @unil.bsky.social🇨🇭 To kick things off, we’re offering short visiting fellowships for theorists in ecology & evolution. Apply & pls RP 😀 tinyurl.com/2wem36zz

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Unil center for theory in ecology and evolution (UCTEE) - FBM Unil

Page Unil Center for Theory in Ecology and Evolution of site Faculty of Biology and Medicine hosted by the University of Lausanne

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Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

We're pleased to announce the call for the 2026 Richerson Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research, for a recent PhD dissertation that significantly contributes to the field of CE. Recipients receive a $300 award, a 3-yr CES membership and CES conference registration. forms.gle/p4MqcskCs2Yz...

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 05/03/2026

Think theorizing mostly just being vibes without much logical coherence, data being collected without much oversight, analyses being...quite suboptimal with people inventing their own procedures, and of course, science as amateur software development www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwRd...

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Science as Amateur Software Development

YouTube video by Richard McElreath

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BAMB! @bamb-school.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

You're still in time to apply to BAMB! and learn the art of modeling behavior with us! 🧠 The deadline is this Friday, March 6th. Run! 🏃‍♂️💨 Apply here: 🔗 www.bambschool.org

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BAMB! 2026 | Barcelona Summer School for Advanced Modeling of Behavior

Intensive training for experienced researchers in cognitive science, computational neuroscience and neuro-AI. Five interconnected modules, expert faculty, hands-on projects. July 12-23, 2026.

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Siobhán Cully 🇺🇸 🐱🥼🤓🩼 @siobhancully.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

@appliedanthro.bsky.social is running an oral history week for #anthropologists. This looks VERY cool. If I were teaching this semester, I'd ask my students to sign up to interview someone interesting in the field. Check it: appliedanthro.org/oral-history...

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Oral History Project Global Week - Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA)

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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

🧠 Want to integrate cultural evolution into your course using award winning materials created by the field's experts, and get paid $2000 to do it? 💵 🚨 The Cultural Evolution Society is seeking applications for the ACE Teaching Innovation Awards. 🔖 Apply here: vuw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

This looks interesting. "Bounding causal effects in survey experiments with noncompliance or inattention" www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wvzck...

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Nicole Wen @nicolewen.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

If you are an active member of @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social, please go vote for our new Executive Ordinary Members. You will have received an email with voting instructions. Voting closes Tuesday!

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

ICYMI a superb review essay by Ed Glaeser of Al Roth's popular book. Ed notes that the topic touches on many longstanding questions in economics-- how well do decentralization markets do? What if there are no prices? Nuts-and-bolts of design and stories of what happened are important too,

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Dieter Lukas @dieterlukas.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2025

New report from the WHO "From #loneliness to #social connection: charting a path to healthier societies" www.who.int/groups/commission-on-so… Looks like it can be relevant for those of us doing research in related field because […] [Original post on fediscience.org]

Figure from the report showing that the global prevalence of loneliness is 15.8% in all people who responded. The percentages is highest among the youngest individuals of 13-7 years of age, and lowest among the oldest individuals of more than 60 years of age.

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Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Don't forgot to nominate for positions in our Cultural Evolution Society Elections 2025! Nomination period now closes July 11th, see the nomination form below for more information: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Cultural Evolution Society Elections 2025: Nomination Form

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Daryl Cameron @dcameron.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Penn State has started "Research or Regress" to highlight the value and impact of scientific research. It's vital that we talk to the public about our work. @psuliberalarts.bsky.social @ssripennstate.bsky.social @prcpennstate.bsky.social @rockethics.bsky.social www.psu.edu/research/rea...

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Research or Regress

Penn State research turns bold ideas into real impact—improving lives, growing industries, and solving urgent challenges.

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Minhua Yan @minhuayan.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Paper coauthored with Zhizhong Li (Derung norm dynamics project), Yuanmei Li (Derung norm dynamics project), @sarahmathew2025.bsky.social (Arizona State University) and Robert Boyd (Arizona State University).

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Minhua Yan @minhuayan.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Now why do people desire to follow the tradition and common practice? In my next field trip I will run different UGs to distinguish 1) avoiding uncertainty, 2) avoiding partner disappointment, and 3) avoiding cognitive burdens by adopting default option. Please let me know what you think! 3/3

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Minhua Yan @minhuayan.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Our study presents two lines of evidence: interviews on real-life cofarming behaviors and attitudes, and ultimatum games framed as cofarming division with post-game surveys. They reach the same conclusion: Derung farmers follow the disliked norm because it is the tradition and common practice. 2/3

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Minhua Yan @minhuayan.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Why do people follow disliked social norms? Derung farmers still divide harvest equally by household regardless of labor contribution, although 1) the value of labor increased, 2) they support rewarding labor, and 3) they expect no social costs for rewarding labor. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/.... 1/3

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PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Paul Smaldino @psmaldino.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

As grant money starts drying up, it's more important than ever not to waste it on paying publishers' open access "article processing fees" when we can host PDFs for free. Tom Morgan and I wrote a paper on this, forthcoming at Science and Public Policy. Accepted draft here: osf.io/preprints/os...

Author-Paid PublicationFees Corrupt Science and Should Be Abandoned
Thomas J. H Morgan & Paul E. Smaldino

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Michael Gurven @mgurven.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Your next Fall read, my new book: SEVEN DECADES: HOW WE EVOLVED TO LIVE LONGER Longevity is shaped by our evolutionary past—imagine aging as opportunity rather than burden. Out Sept 16, preorder w/ code PUP30 for 30% discount: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... @princetonupress.bsky.social

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Seven Decades

An anthropologist uncovers new evidence for the evolutionary origins of human longevity—and explains why growing old is an opportunity, not a burden

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Limor Raviv 🐘🤗🦒🍄🦄 @limorraviv.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Interested in the evolution of human language and in understanding the pressures that shape languages today? Come do a PhD with me! Fully funded PhD position available in my group @mpi-nl.bsky.social, application deadline June 2nd: www.mpi.nl/career-educa...

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Fully funded 4-year PhD position in Language Evolution | Max Planck InstituteMax Planck Institute for psycholinguistics

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Professor Amanda Sturgill @drsturg.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Hey, got some free cycles this summer? Did you know Harvard offers FREE online courses in the U.S. Constitution, Public policy, Civic Engagement in Constitutional Democracy and more? Share widely and get smarter this summer. pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...

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Government | Harvard University

Browse the latest Government courses from Harvard University.

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Alex Mesoudi @alexmesoudi.com · 25/05/2025

Fascinating latest model of Homo sapiens evolution within Africa. Interesting finding that cultural innovation was accelerated by both population size increases, but also recombination across partially isolated regions (e.g. Morocco and sub-Saharan Africa)

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Katja Möhring 🦁 @katjamoe.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Still welcoming your applications 🤗

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Sandra Oliveira @sandra-oliveira.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Happy to share a PhD opportunity in my new lab at the University of Zurich! Application deadline: June 30. Do not hesitate to contact me for any questions!

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