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Posts by Brooke Scelza

Retraction Watch has covered the problem of the “national IQ” database. Should be noted I’m far from alone in working to remove these publications. The spreadsheet of pubs which use NIQ - linked to in the article - was started by @kohngregory.bsky.social; a project also worked on by Cathryn Townsend

4 months ago 190 72 6 4

Truly terrible for our students and for science

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Awww thanks!!! 😊

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Polygamy with Brooke Scelza
Polygamy with Brooke Scelza YouTube video by Evolutionary Psychology (The Podcast)

This week we talk to @bscelza.bsky.social about Polygamy and the state of the evolutionary behavioral sciences.

youtu.be/F2rz-vuczX0
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Screenshot of a paper published in Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology

Testing the Late Pleistocene Arctic Origins of East Asian Psychology using Ancient and Modern DNA

Published: 04 November 2025
Volume 11, article number 18, (2025)

Davide Piffer

Screenshot of a paper published in Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology Testing the Late Pleistocene Arctic Origins of East Asian Psychology using Ancient and Modern DNA Published: 04 November 2025 Volume 11, article number 18, (2025) Davide Piffer

The influence of race science is spreading in the evolutionary behavioural sciences. This new paper means members of a race science network have now been published in Evolutionary Psychological Science, Evolutionary Behavioral Science, Evolutionary Psychology & Adaptive Human Behavior & Physiology

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Social learning is critical to breastfeeding success: evidence from rural Namibian pastoralists AbstractBackground and objectives. Lactation is one of the defining features of mammals, yet many humans struggle with breastfeeding. One reason for this i

New paper out on the important role of social learning in breastfeeding! academic.oup.com/emph/article...

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Very disappointed that we were forced to cancel our field season and return early, following the suspension of our NSF grant as part of Trump’s attacks on UCLA. Particularly sad for our students, who spent significant time and effort to join us this year.

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Columbia Disciplines Students Who Occupied Campus Building Last Year Sanctions for the Hamilton Hall occupation include expulsions and suspensions.

We condemn in the strongest possible terms any university that would sacrifice its own students to the demands of an authoritarian government.

This is absolute cowardice & capitulation to an administration hellbent on the destruction of American higher education.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/n...

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HBES Executive Council Statement in Defense of Science - HBES HBES stands in defense of the values of scientific inquiry and in opposition to censorship and the defunding of peer-reviewed research projects in the US whose grants were awarded by agencies and proc...

HBES has released a statement with regard to recent US funding changes that are affecting HBES members. See our statement here: www.hbes.com/hbes-executi...

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Intrusive thoughts during pregnancy, paternity detectives, and updates from the Trump Tracker On this week’s show: The latest news on how U.S. government science agencies are being impacted by President Donald Trump’s administration, how researchers are using genealogy and DNA testing to find ...

I'm on the @science.org podcast this week with @maartenlarmuseau.bsky.social & @bscelza.bsky.social talking about genetic genealogy, cuckoldry and extra-pair paternity: www.science.org/content/podc... (Starting around 15:00)

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Could you add me please? Thanks!

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Assistant/Associate Professor in Evolutionary Anthropology/Anthropology of Health University of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now!

🎉IAS is recruiting🎉

UCSB Integrative Anth Sciences is hiring a tenure-track evo anthropologist (assist/assoc prof):

Apply by 1/06/25
To apply: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02866

Please retweet!

Estimate: Assist:$95,000-$135,000 & Assoc:$120,000-$180,000. UCSB is an AA/EOE, including disability/vets.

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Stack of books with bright red cover and a Franz Marc image of monkeys running through a landscape with red mountains in the background.

Stack of books with bright red cover and a Franz Marc image of monkeys running through a landscape with red mountains in the background.

🎉Publication day! The third edition of my book 'Sense & Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour' co-authored with @kevinlala.bsky.social is now available!

Paperback and eBook formats (Kindle etc):
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#evolsky #philsci #philbio #PsychSciSky #HPbio #EHBEA🧪🏺

1 year ago 159 33 9 4

Pat Draper did some work on this back in the day I think. I’ll try to dig up a reference.

1 year ago 3 0 1 0

(This starter pack will no doubt expand as more people migrate to Bluesky.)

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Cultural Evolution Society 2026 Conference Announced - Cultural Evolution Society

Announcement! The next @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social CES conference will be at UM6P in Rabat, Morocco, provisional dates 11-13th May 2026! Hosted by Mathieu Charbonneau, @sarahalami.bsky.social, @zhgarfield.com & @edseabright.bsky.social. Save the dates!

culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...

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Prospective PhD students! Work with me at Penn State!
🌡️Evo anthro, climate adaptation, & public health
🏫5-year, fully funded, top-ranking anthro program
🔬Dual degrees avail. in climate science, demography, & environment

Apps due Dec 1. DM if interested! Please share 🙏🏻

More at www.socialitylab.org

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Here’s What the ‘Manosphere’ Gets Wrong about Cuckoldry In online forums the term “cuck” has become synonymous with “sucker” and “loser.” But this use distorts its history and meaning, creating a baseless moral panic that harms both women and science

New opinion piece in Scientific American! www.scientificamerican.com/article/here...

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