Bizarre paper that RCC's Ben Purzycki Coren Apicella Quentin Atkinson Emma Cohen and Rita McNamara did NOT write! Even indexed on google scholar. Anyone else having robots publish under their names? topjournals.org/index.php/TAJE…

HBES is proud to unveil the Advancing Diversity through Anthropological + Psychological Training (ADAPT) Program! ADAPT supports undergraduates who have experienced hurdles to accessing evolutionary social science training. Become an ADAPT mentor👇! hbes.com/the-adapt-miss…

We reached our goal of testing 1,000 participants for our #testosterone administration study! Nipissing University. w/ collaborators Coren Apicella Gidi Nave @SirElkhair, Francesca Luberti, PhD. Anna Dreber, Pranjal Mehta, Magnus Johannesson, Shawn Geniole, Valentina Proietti, Steven Stanton.

To honor John Tooby (1952-2023) & his intellectual contributions, E&HB is inviting HBES members & others to pick a quote(s) from any Tooby publication & explain its importance or impact in <350 words. These will be published later this year. For details: hbes.com/commentaries-o…

Do you know an outstanding HBES member who deserves one of the HBES Rising Star Awards (<8 years post-PhD) or of being an HBES Fellow (>10 years post-PhD)? Nominations for these awards are open until March 1st. Spread the word! See for details: hbes.com/awards/

The science of cooperation shows we can coexist peacefully, argues Michael Muthukrishna. Yet, he warns, “because the scale of cooperation is now in the hundreds of millions, if not billions, the consequences of potential conflict is higher than it’s ever been.” time.com/6622170/scienc…

Nature just published an article that might be useful to any HBES members finishing their degree (or with students finishing): How to land a scientific position even in a struggling economy (nature.com)

Here’s the big HBES news! 🙌We want to get students access to evo training!🙌 Awardees receive $ + social support, mentorship + research training—including support to attend + present work at the 2025 HBES Conference. Apps due June 1! Help us broaden the evo world by RTing!!

Are religious people really more prosocial? @jmkelly91, Stephanie Kramer and I spent years meta-analyzing the massive amount of research on this question. Synthesizing over 700 effects spread over 60 years of study, the answer looks very much like a "yes". Thread🧵...

HBES is pausing our General Funding Grants. As described at #HBES2024, Elsevier plans to reduce our royalties, leaving us less money to fund subsidiary activities. Negotiations are ongoing; we will inform everyone if/when we can resume these grants. Apologies for inconvenience

🚨 Paper alert! 🚨 It’s common for cross-cultural research to be conducted in a second language: a national majority language or lingua franca. But research among the Hadza, published today in PNAS Nexus, shows second languages can bias results. 🧵/14 academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/adva…

1. What's at risk by disrupting NIH? With only a bit of hyperbole: a mechanistic understanding of life itself, & therefore better treatments for cancer, dementias, autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, birth defects, aging & more. Notes on a revolution interrupted 🧵

🚨 New WP🚨 (w/ Coren Apicella Cristina Bicchieri Duncan Stibbard Hawkes et al.) Using a variant of John A. List’s take-or-give DG, we examine altruism & fairness concerns among Hunter-Gatherers and find fascinating nuances. Detailed results👇🏻 🔗 tinyurl.com/ycy7rfnj

Congratulations to Leda Cosmides on being selected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. ‘The embodiment of scientific excellence and service’ | The Current news.ucsb.edu/2025/021817/em…

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions – rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking concrete steps to make sure all students at Harvard can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and

I could have never conceived that the U.S. President would be far more aggressive against a great university than he would be against a Russian dictator engaged in invading a U.S. ally. Why is it smart to starve cancer research, students on financial aid, innovation in public

In plenary #HBES2025 #3, Jim Roney declares war on the “parsimony-based” approach he claims dominates hormone research, i.e., attempts to find the “one” true effect of a hormone, which leads to imbalances in research on inputs vs outputs, obscures functions & creates confusion

3) Roney's #HBES2025 plenary yields fresh insights: He provides the 1st evidence of estradiol & progesterone coordinating to suppress sexual desire during the "implantation window" & shows how this makes sense of seemingly conflicting effects of oxytocin

#HBES2026 will be a joint meeting with the Cultural Evolution Society in Rabat, Morocco: CES is May 11-13, HBES is May 13-16, with one day of overlap. It’ll be a great chance for cross-pollination between the two evolutionary societies. Come for one conference, stay for both!

Interested in #HBES2026 in Rabat? The hosts have drafted a FAQ regarding the location: hbes.com/announcing-hbe… Overall, this is an exciting opportunity for a great location, hosted by a great team, joint with another evolutionary society, and with perspectives we seldom hear