Congratulations to QRB Editor-in-Chief Liliana M. Dávalos (@labdavalos.bsky.social), who spearheaded a Fulbright Amazonia paper that recently won a 2025 Editor’s Choice Award from the journal Environmental Research Letters.
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A recent article in @forbes.com (www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...) mentions the article by F. H. Bronson titled Seasonal Variation in Human Reproduction that appeared in the June 1995 issue of the QRB (www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...).
Five versions of the old-timey cover of the Quarterly Review of Biology, the first one from left is the commemorative 100-year edition.
📖 For its 100-year volume @qrb.bsky.social is making a bunch of citation classics free to read, have a look! www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/qrb...
This article from examines the potential for mother-son conflict as a consequence of the greater cost of rearing males, as compared to rearing females, due to sex-specific growth differences. Read it here: ow.ly/Lx8a50Y8Ymq
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This article from The Quarterly Review of Biology assesses two modes of vocal learning among birds to suggest that the ability to extract information from sounds is better developed in birds than their ability to encode information in sound. https://ow.ly/yePl50XH9O4 Quarterly Review of Biology
The Quarterly Review of Biology turns 100! We are celebrating our anniversary with free-to-read articles from the archives, through 2026. Learn more: ow.ly/xXli50X7Z5B
"Can insects feel pain?" This article from The Quarterly Review of Biology revisits Eisemann et al., a 1984 study that concluded insects did not feel pain. Learn why the 1984 findings may be flawed here: ow.ly/nnXx50WNMpm
2️⃣Marlene Zuk and I reviewed "The Evolution of Sex: Strategies of Males and Females" by Kevin Lee Teather for @qrb.bsky.social. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
The September 2025 (Volume 100, Issue 3) is now available.
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This article from The Quarterly Review of Biology revisits Rapoport's Rule, coined by George Stevens to describe a positive relationship between range size and latitude. Learn about its components, variability, and limitations here: ow.ly/xaaA50WttQc @qrb.bsky.social
The editorial board of the QRB is pleased to announce that Gregory A. Wray (Duke University) and James D. Thomson (University of Toronto) have been promoted to Editor Emeritus.
Drs. Wray and Thomson join Albert D. Carlson and Daniel E. Dykhuizen as Editor Emeritus.
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This Open Access article from The Quarterly Review of Biology sheds light on agency and how agential behaviors affect and influence the evolution from unicellularity to multicellularity. Find it here: ow.ly/JPBF50WgT1b @qrb.bsky.social
@asn-amnat.bsky.social, @ijpsjournal.bsky.social, and @qrb.bsky.social (all @chicagojournals.bsky.social publications) show up on this list. Non-profit academic publishing for the win!
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A promotional table for University of Chicago Press featuring the Quarterly Review of Biology, its 100 year anniversary and some promotional pens.
Experiencing FOMO from missing #Evol2025, but @yohelab.bsky.social sent me this photo with the @qrb.bsky.social 100-year cover! Check it out at the @uchicagopress.bsky.social booth! @evolmtg.bsky.social
"Meticulous [and] engaging. [Prothero] is a master of identifying, distilling, and connecting key developments...while presenting them in a personal and accessible manner."—Eric Post, The Quarterly Review of Biology. buff.ly/PCLsmG4 #ClimateScience #ScienceBook #ReadUP qrb.bsky.social
A nice review of Darwin Mythology by Douglas Allchin in The Quarterly Review of Biology (no access required to read online).
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The June issue (Volume 100, Issue 2) of the QRB is now available.
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To celebrate The Quarterly Review of Biology’s 100th anniversary, we invite you to contribute to The Bentley Glass Memorial Endowment Fund.
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The March issue (Volume 100, Issue 1) of the QRB is now available. www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/qrb/curr...
What effects could using AI have on human evolution? This press release highlights an article from the QRB that strives to answer this question and proposes potential outcomes. Read the press release here: ow.ly/j4nH50UJSPg
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Our Editor-in-Chief, Liliana Dávalos (labdavalos.bsky.social), and her work as part of Fulbright Amazonia.
The QRB begins its 100th year of publication in 2025.
Watch for special celebrations throughout the year.
📢 I will be presenting at the Fulbright Amazonia event in Washington,D.C.(Dec 9-12, 2024),showcasing research on sustainability in the Amazon Basin. Join me at the National Academy of Sciences for the poster exhibition and virtual symposium. #AGUmeeting
www.fulbrightprogram.org/amazonia/
This month is the 13th anniversary of the publication i am most proud of where I proposed a new framework for Multiple Sclerosis and neurodegeneration as metabolic diseases. Since then, evidence have accumulated and new partnerships were made. Thank you @qrb.bsky.social #neurodegeneration #science
We are saddened to hear of the passing of Michael Ruse, a prominent voice in the field of the philosophy of biology. He was a longtime Associate Editor of the QRB. We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and fellow colleagues.
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In Memoriam:
Frank C. Erk, QRB Editor Emeritus
December 17, 1924 - May 2, 2023
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The QRB has issued a Call for Major Review Articles. For more information, see:
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