The Cultural Evolution Society is delighted to announce that Mason Youngblood (he/they) @masonyoungblood.bsky.social, Institute for Advanced Computational Science, Stony Brook University, is the recipient of the 2026 CES New Investigator Award.
Congratulations Mason on this well-deserved award!!
Our paper on generalized dynamic phylogenetic models is finally out in MEE 🥳 The brainchild of @err-ring.bsky.social, GDPMs open up a vast new space for comparative studies on complex, coevolving traits, greatly aided by @scottclaessens.bsky.social's work on the accompanying R package. Check it out!
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Thank you to @rebeccasear.bsky.social for being an excellent President of @ehbea.bsky.social and for leading the EHBEA committee! The incoming President is @alexalvergne.bsky.social, who will also do an excellent job in this role.
#ehbea2026
Last day of conference!
We had a wonderful day with amazing talks from @nicolewalasek.bsky.social and @nakedprimate.bsky.social !
We also had our Annual General Meeting, with a big round of applause for the Organising Committee and last words from @rebeccasear.bsky.social as president.
#ehbea2026
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@ehbea2026.bsky.social that's a wrap! Amazing first @ehbea.bsky.social conference for me, full up with great talks and conversations, and scenery!? Did not expect a postcard beach sunset in Leiden 🤩
Here’s Matt presenting that #ehbea2026 poster on ‘Sentiments, respect and the evolution of norm psychology’ (and the conference dinner location truly was gorgeous!)
@brunelcce.bsky.social
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@brunelcce.bsky.social was well-represented at #ehbea2026. @replicatedtypo.bsky.social presented on ‘The cultural evolution of problem-solving’ and @abbeyepage.bsky.social on ‘When the village predicts the next baby: post-natal social support and fertility intentions in the UK’ (sadly no pic)
Andrea Migliano presenting information about next year’s EHBEA conference in Zurich
Andrea introducing the organising committee, including herself, Adrian Jaeggi, Jorg Gross and Charles Efferson
Next year in Zurich 😊 🏔️🇨🇭 #ehbea2027 will be held 29 March to 2 April. Website and Bluesky account are already set up (love the logo ❤️) @ehbea2027.bsky.social
www.ehbea2027.com
📢 News: Dr. @alexalvergne.bsky.social is assuming a new position as President of the @ehbea.bsky.social. She is Director of Research at the Evolutionary Anthropology Team at ISEM Montpellier
Finishing the first day of @ehbea2026.bsky.social in Leiden!
We had some very great talks and interesting discussions, including talks from Rogier Mars and @iyadrahwan.bsky.social
We also had a session to discuss about AI and research practices #StandUpForScience
#ehbea2026
STARTING NOW!
The event organised by @w-plus-ebs.bsky.social to discuss (over a drink 🍷) about empowering women and sexual and gender minority voices in #EvolutionaryBehaviouralSciences
If you’re part of @ehbea2026.bsky.social or just want to spot by, join us at Lab 071!
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Great talk by @babeheim.bsky.social at @ehbea2026.bsky.social on the cultural evolution of strategies in the game Go, including the convergence of AI on established strategies.
#ehbea2026
Second day of @ehbea2026.bsky.social done!
Full day, full of nice discussions, a wonderful talk from Anna Rotkirch, a fruitful panel discussion about AI and science, and poster session!
Looking forward for tomorrow! 👀
#ehbea2026
Thrilled to be en route to Leiden for my first EHBEA conference @ehbea.bsky.social @ehbea2026.bsky.social! Giving a poster on Thursday afternoon: Sentiments, Respect, and the Evolution of Norm Psychology. Been slow cooking this framework for 20 years(😱). Come tuck in!
Title slide: Modeling and testing the evolution and development of sensitive periods in changing environments
Fabulous, wide-ranging plenary from @ehbea.bsky.social’s 2026 New Investigator winner Nicole Walasek at #ehbea2026. Her work on the evolution and development of sensitive periods highlighted the benefits of multi-species work and the importance of formal modelling of verbal theories 👏👏
COME AND JOIN OUR MEET & GREET! 📽️❤️🔥
On the weekend before @ehbea2026.bsky.social , @aashira.bsky.social talks to us about herself, and her role in @ehbea.bsky.social as the Student representative, leaving a warm welcome to everybody 🙌
Have a look and #MeetTheBoard 👇👇👇
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Reposting to make sure those members of @brunelcce.bsky.social interested in witchcraft have seen it ☺️
📢 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 📣🧪
Here's EHBEA's wonderful Secretary, who makes EHBEA run smoothly 👇 talking about how happy the part of her role which involves giving out money to early career researchers makes her 😊
Jeanne Bovet is EHBEA's fabulous Vice President and one of her roles is conference liaison 👇 hear more about our conferences from her here
Once upon a stranger: The science of how small talk can add up to a big life Dr. Gillian Sandstrom
HEY EVERYONE, DROP WHAT YOU'RE DOING!
The amazing @gilliansocial.bsky.social 's book is out in the UK today!
Go get it: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/once...
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Thanks David. Here's the episode for for those interested. @michaelhobbes.bsky.social asked for our feedback on the first cut and did a crazy good job seamlessly recutting everything.
Really enjoying Holly's blog posts, which are very neccesary.
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COME AND JOIN OUR MEET & GREET! 📽️❤️🔥
We are starting the week before @ehbea2026.bsky.social with some words from @rebeccasear.bsky.social on her role in @ehbea.bsky.social , a bit of history , and thoughts on human research 🤓 🙌 💯
Have a look and #MeetTheBoard 👇👇👇
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Last day to register for EHBEA is tomorrow (1 April). The programme is now published and looks great! Really good to see so many papers focused on advancing methods and theory in the discipline 😊
📢 Participants needed
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 👇
brunellifesc.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
"Man the Hunter" is often conflated with Dart's "killer ape theory"; A pity because, though imperfect, the MTH conference was a departure from previous Hobbesian colonial Hunter-Gatherer narratives.
In this new Target Article we map out some of that intellectual history.
🔓 Open to all in person or online:
Microsoft Teams meeting
Meeting ID: 314 621 988 139 20
Passcode: Z2Jn9hR9
☕ Refreshments available for in-person attendees!
Join us to explore how new data and Bayesian methods are helping researchers reconstruct global language histories and what this tells us about cultural evolution, states, economies, and human diversity.
🌍🧠 Shared Horizons Seminar at @brunelpsy.bsky.social
We’re excited to welcome Prof Quentin Atkinson (University of Auckland) to Brunel for a talk on:
“The history of the world’s languages and why it matters for psychologists.”
📅 25 March 2026
🕑 14:00–16:00
📍 ESGW 111 + online