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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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Why Don’t Humans Have A Mating Season? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains Humans don’t have a defined mating season like deer or wolves. Here’s how evolution blended biology, culture and social life into year-round intimacy.

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/...).

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Five versions of the old-timey cover of the Quarterly Review of Biology, the first one from left is the commemorative 100-year edition.

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...

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Sex-Specific Parent-Offspring Conflict in Humans | The Quarterly Review of Biology: Vol 100, No 4 Abstract In humans, male offspring are, on average, larger at birth, weaning, and independence compared to female offspring. We argue that an underappreciated consequence of the greater cost of rearin...

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

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The Quarterly Review of Biology: QRB 100th Anniversary

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

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The Era beyond Eisemann et al. (1984): Insect Pain in the 21st Century | The Quarterly Review of Biology: Vol 100, No 3 Abstract Can insects feel pain? In 1984, Eisemann et al. collected the best available evidence to offer a tentative answer: there appeared to be little evidence to support an adaptive role for pain ex...

"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

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The Evolution of Sex: Strategies of Males and Females. By Kevin Lee Teather. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. £29.99 (paper). xii + 216 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 9780198886730. 2024. | The Q...

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/...

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The Quarterly Review of Biology | Vol 100, No 3

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

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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

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@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.

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

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"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

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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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University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent

The June issue (Volume 100, Issue 2) of the QRB is now available.
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The Quarterly Review of Biology: The Bentley Glass Memorial Endowment Fund

To celebrate The Quarterly Review of Biology’s 100th anniversary, we invite you to contribute to The Bentley Glass Memorial Endowment Fund.

For more information, please see www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/qrb....

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The Quarterly Review of Biology | Vol 100, No 1

The March issue (Volume 100, Issue 1) of the QRB is now available. www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/qrb/curr...

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The Quarterly Review of Biology: Press release

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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SBU Professor Bridges Borders to Confront Climate Challenges Stony Brook University Professor Liliana Dávalos addressed the Council on Foreign Relations with an urgent message - the Amazon is under unprecedented threat

Our Editor-in-Chief, Liliana Dávalos (labdavalos.bsky.social), and her work as part of Fulbright Amazonia.

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The QRB begins its 100th year of publication in 2025.

Watch for special celebrations throughout the year.

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Fulbright Amazonia Week in Washington, D.C. Fulbright Amazonia scholars are convening in Washington, D.C. from December 9-12 to share their research and policy recommendations. The public is invited to attend their policy symposium via livestre...

📢 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/

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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

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The Quarterly Review of Biology | Vol 99, No 4

The December issue (Volume 99, Number 4) of the QRB is now available.

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MICHAEL RUSE Obituary (2024) - The Globe and Mail View MICHAEL RUSE's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

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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The Quarterly Review of Biology | Vol 99, No 2

The June issue (Volume 99, Number 2) of the QRB is now available.

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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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The Quarterly Review of Biology | Vol 99, No 1

The March issue (Volume 99, Number 1) is now available:

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