Burn Selection: How Fire Injury Shaped Human Evolution Intentional fire use exposed humans and their ancestors to high-temperature burn injury, a risk rare in other species, bringing major survival benefits and technologies but also repeated exposure to ...

Some evidence that humans have adaptations (immune & wound-healing responses) to better survive burn injuries than other primates
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Something to add to our paragraph on 'Fire-shaped humans'
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🧪🌍🔥🏺 #ecoevo #evolution #Anthropology

#ecoevo #popgen #evolution

Body size variation of world's living terrestrial vertebrates in the Cenozoic Using the species phylogenetic age and body size of the world's extant terrestrial vertebrate species, we comparatively examined the temporal variation in diversity and body size through the Cenozoic...

#BodySize has important #conservation implications for terrestrial vertebrates.
Comprehensive analysis of body size data by Guo et al. supports Bergmann's rule relating body size changes to variation in temperature gradients.
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#ecoevo #MEvoSky #endosymbiosis

A. We use the adaptive dynamics framework to make theoretical predictions of evolutionary trajectory under trade-offs between growth parameters. B. We assess these predictions using forward simulations mapping the trajectory of evolution on varying the supply of mutations (mutation rate, supply of trait-increasing mutations (mutation bias), and mutation effect size), and calculate new quantities not available in adaptive dynamics, such as time-dependent fixation rates and the time to reach an Evolutionary Stable Strategy (ESS).

Cool new work connecting population genetic and adaptive dynamic perspectives on species interaction by Kasturi Lele & Lawrence H. Uricchio @kasturilele.bsky.social @tufts.edu #EcoEvo #PopGen doi.org/10.64898/202...

Storm-induced mass mortality results in both immediate and long-term consequences for a migratory songbird Nature Ecology & Evolution - Combining 27 years of citizen science data with whole-genome sequencing, the authors show that mass mortality of purple martins caused by a severe winter...

Spring is arriving, but there's still snow in the forecast! How do late #winter storms affect our migratory #birds? Out now in @natecoevo.nature.com, we ask that Q with 25+yrs of #CitizenScience data and ~400 museum specimens collected after the 2021 Great TX Freeze: rdcu.be/e7aUy
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Anyone who can recommend a good book in #eco-evo #ecoevo or #ecology and #evolution? Preferably theoretical :)

Thank you~

#science #sciencetalk

🌿 Postdoc opportunity in plant evolutionary ecology/genetics!

My lab in the Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to start Fall 2026.

We study plant adaptation, using weeds as model systems.

#Postdoc #EcoEvo

Pls RT!

Very proud of this perspective that came out of some really interesting and difficult conversations with friends and colleagues!

TLDR: how do scientists define sex? why does it matter??
#EcoEvo #Ecology #Evolution 🧪

Finally, some hashtags

#Drosophila #EcoEvo #InsectImmunity #AMP #AMPs #Evolution #JumpingGenes #IDsky #AcademicSky #ImmunoSky #SymbioSky #MicroSky #Genetics

A flyer advertising an open PhD position titled "Evolutionary Ecology of Avian Energetics" at the Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno. It is funded by the Czech Science Foundation (GACR). The text outlines a project investigating avian energy metabolites using fieldwork, macroevolutionary analyses, metabolomics, and advanced statistics. It lists essential qualifications including an MSc degree, and offers a fully funded position with guaranteed income and student housing. Applications require a CV, a max 400-word motivation letter, and references, submitted via a provided link. Review begins March 16, 2026. The flyer features photos of field researchers, a bird being measured with a blood glucose meter, and a research team working together around a table.

Fully funded 4-year PhD in Avian Evolutionary Physiology in Czechia! 🇨🇿🇪🇺
Join IVB CAS to study the evolutionary ecology of avian energetics (glucose/fatty acids).
🐦 Fieldwork (Barn swallows, passerines)
🧪 Metabolomics
💻 Adv. stats in R
Apply by March 16! 👇
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Donate to Help Send Early-Career Researchers to CSEE 2026, organized by SWEEET EcoEvo The Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution (CSEE) and SWEEET’s (Secti… SWEEET EcoEvo needs your support for Help Send Early-Career Researchers to CSEE 2026

We are still short of our fundraising goal for the SWEEET/CSEE Equity Fund 🌱🧬🎓
If you’re able, please share or consider donating to help remove financial barriers for trainees hoping to attend #CSEE2026 in Toronto through the Equity Fund!
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PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

Glad to see this excellent paper finally out.

Full credit to the incredible @animalsexpert.bsky.social for leading on this paper on the evolution of same-sex sexual behaviour in field crickets, showing that it is not a product of mistaken identity

#evosky #ecoevo

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Reappraisal of the extinct barbelthroat shark †Bavariscyllium and the nebulous origin of carcharhiniform galeomorphs - Communications Biology Reassessment of the Jurassic shark †Bavariscyllium challenges understanding of early galeomorph evolution, showing these sharks explored diverse body forms, predating the divergence of most major body plans among modern representatives.

A reappraisal of the extinct prehistoric barbelthroat shark, Bavariscyllium, calls into question previous assumptions about the evolution of modern sharks. The findings are published in Communications Biology. 🧪 #evosky #ecoevo #paleobio

I'm getting real sick and tired of journals referring me to either a) the authors or b) data dryad, when I inquire after a paper's data, that was promised in the data statement.

Surely, if data archiving is promised, the journal and publisher have a responsibility for seeing this through. #ecoevo

Welcome ExE 2026 is a 3-day conference aimed at evolutionary ecologists from around the world, hosted by the University of Exeter in beautiful Cornwall. It provides a friendly and inclusive platform for all c...

For folks in #Ecology and #Evolution, we are hosting a conference here in Cornwall UK! Great chance for a summer staycation June 29-July 3.

Plus, we've managed to make it affordable: £250 + £49/night for accommodation.

#EvolBiol #EcoEvo

sites.exeter.ac.uk/exe/

Welcome ExE 2026 is a 3-day conference aimed at evolutionary ecologists from around the world, hosted by the University of Exeter in beautiful Cornwall. It provides a friendly and inclusive platform for all c...

For UK folks in #Ecology and #Evolution, we are hosting a conference here in Cornwall! Great chance for a summer staycation June 29-July 3.

Plus, we've managed to make it affordable: £250 + £49/night for accommodation.

#EvolBiol #EcoEvo

sites.exeter.ac.uk/exe/

Student Research Award <p>The ASN Student Research Awards support research by student members that advances the goals of the society: the conceptual unification of ecology, evolution, and behavior. Each award consists of a ...

If you're an #EcoEvo #PhD candidate anywhere in the world looking for project funding, consider applying for the @asn-amnat.bsky.social Student Research Award.

Ten proposals for $2k in research funds will be awarded. Due 13 March 2026.

Please share widely! 🧪 #grants #ecology #evolution #behavior

Thank you @ecoflor.bsky.social for the invitation and the lovely present! I very much enjoyed the talks and discussions. It was so nice to see so many young scientists there.

🧪🌍🌿🐝🪲🪳 biodiversity botany #ecoevo #PlantBiology

a white cat is laying on a person 's lap and the word thinking is next to it Alt: a white cat is laying on a person 's lap and the word thinking is next to it

Crowd-sourcing my #EcoEvo Friends!

What, in your mind, makes a "good" & fundable research proposal idea? I'm talking with my upper-level evolution class about this tomorrow (undergrads only) in preparation for them writing a NSF GRFP-style proposal as a semester long project. Thanks!

Call for Donations to Support the SWEEET/CSEE Equity Fund 🌱🧬🎓
Help remove financial barriers by supporting grad students & postdocs attending #CSEE2026 in Toronto through donating to the Equity Fund. Support access to science by donating / sharing! @csee-scee.bsky.social #EcoEvo

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Why are Magnoliaceae so diverse in the tropics? Disentangling the roles of diversification and time‐for‐speciation effects The boreotropical relict Magnoliaceae, now rich in the tropics, experienced a major range contraction from high latitudes to the amphi-Pacific tropics following the mid-Eocene extinction. This histor...

Who loves the #tropics more than we do? Magnolias, apparently😜🍹💮
Xie et al. show that higher diversification rate, rather than longer speciation time, explains the high #diversity of Magnoliaceae in the tropics.
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#PlantScience #evolution #EcoEvo

Maps and photographs integrate phylogeographic data, fish fauna distributions, and geomorphic evidence, with a specific focus on the hanging valley tributaries and trunk streams in the eastern Himalayan syntaxis to illustrate the reconstruction of drainage evolution of the Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra River. Genetic analyses support a two-stage river capture model: an ancestral Yarlung–Dingba–Brahmaputra river was captured by the Siang River during the Late Miocene, and subsequently, the Yigong–Parlung–Zayul river was captured by the lower Yarlung Tsangpo in the Quaternary.

🐟The unique geomorphology of rivers in the eastern #Himalaya has long intrigued geologists.

🐟Here, Sui et al. use a cold-adapted #fish genus as a biogeographic proxy to reconstruct the evolutionary history of one such river.

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Help without a comic about your research for the greater good!
#microsky #science #virosky #ecoevo

En la colección "¿Qué sabemos de?" (@cataratalibros.bsky.social, @csicdivulga.bsky.social) también hay libros de divulgación de geología. Aquí este sobre la extinción masiva del P-T en Pangea; interesante para los que nos gusta la historia evolutiva!

🧪⚒️💙📚 #ecoevo

Cover of the book: Costa J.T. 2023. "Radical by nature. The revolutionary life of Alfred Russel Wallace." Princeton University Press

#OTD in 1823, Alfred R Wallace was born.
He independently co-discovered the "Darwin-Wallace" theory of evolution by natural selection, & much more!
Suggested reading: Costa's book (2023 @princetonupress.bsky.social)
Summary: jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2024/01/06/h...

🧪🌍💙📚👀📅🗃️ #histsci #ecoevo

DAFNEE, a Database of Academia Friendly jourNals in Ecology and Evolution

A Database of Academia-Friendly JourNals in Ecology and Evolution (DAFNEE), dafnee.isem-evolution.fr
Paper: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/... | @jevbio.bsky.social

🧪🌍 📚 👀 #ecoevo #PlantScience #AcademicSky

Hey #EcoEvo and #SymbioSky, what are your go-to reads for White Nose syndrome and Chytridiomycosis? Talking seminal papers in the field, but also recent major highlights.

Thanks for any recommendations!

Cover of the November 2026 issue of the Journal of Systematics and Evolution, featuring the honeyeater Philemon diemenensis on Oxera palmatinervia.

Have you seen our gorgeous November cover?
Featuring the work of Gâteblé et al., who report on honeyeater-driven #sympatric #speciation associated with corolla shape shift...

Read it for free!⬇️
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#EcoEvo #evolution #diversity #OpenAccess

Hi there! Finally joining the #evolution #ecology #ecoevo tribe in here 🙂 Clearly missing some followers here, so hit me up!
Looking forward to being part of the discussion. Let's get started!