His dad definitely paid someone to take his SATs.

I am a scientist – and the answer is climate change. Yes, there is nuance. Yes, it could take a long time to identify the precise mechanisms. But there is no question why ice and snow-related disasters are on the rise. Our planet is warming at an unprecedented rate, and humans are responsible.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3w ago

In Nepal, it will most likely take months for scientists to understand exactly what led to deadly flash floods that killed over 1,000 people and left thousands missing. Early theories posit glacier meltwater and a thawing permafrost could have contributed to bedrock collapse.

Interesting the number of academics posting rage about Nathan Cofnas while still using Substack and reading Substack, a website that is hosting and actively advertising the writing of <checks notes> Nathan Cofnas

Mark Dingemanse@markdingemanse.net · last mo.

case in point: "#2 rising in Culture" right now on Substack is the utterly contemptible racist Cofnas. Not the culture I want to see platformed and algorithmically amplified 😬 I really like your essay and hope you'll find a way to (also) self-host

Our new paper is out today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B! How does rapid environmental change reshape human sleep, one of our most fundamental biological processes? 📄: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Recent lifestyle change impacts sleep and circadian rhythms among the Indigenous peoples of Peninsular Malaysia

Abstract. Sleep disorders are rising globally, but their lifestyle causes remain unclear. We recorded sleep–wake patterns via actigraphy from 1039 Orang As

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Kiran Louw, SOSC VKURA scholar, presents the culmination of her summer research internship in our dept at this year's VKURA Symposium. @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social @ammiekalan.bsky.social #anthropology

Do you study human ecology, human behavior, or human institutions? Is your work relevant to climate change, adaptation, or sustainability? Join us at Stanford! 🌲🤓🌲 My department will be running a junior search in Environmental Behavioral Sciences this year. Happy to answer any questions.

Assistant Professor in Environmental Social Sciences, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability (Environmental Behavioral Sciences) - Stanford University, California, United States

Stanford University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the field of Environmental Behavioral Sciences within the Department of Environmental Social Sciences. The scope of t...

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Analysis of **110,303 submissions** to two elite journals over 5 years found that institutional prestige, team size, topic, and country strongly influenced editorial decisions. Most biases emerged in editorial review. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #metasci #science

Editorial and peer review dynamics at elite general science journals

Analyses of deidentified data reveal complex interactions that quantify success at elite general science journals.

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Most of the statistical tests you learned in stats class — t-test, ANOVA, correlation — are actually special cases of a single thing: linear regression. Ch 7 of Experimentology argues that thinking in models, not tests, is more flexible and a better foundation for theory. 🧵 experimentology.io

Visiting GAB lab's MA student Emma Downie who has been doing field work on primates and predators at the beautiful La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica. Thanks to NSERC, @uvic.ca @uvicanthro.bsky.social and the animal behavior society for supporting this research!

theconversation.com/why-do-male-... Here's a summary of our recent field work studying the accumulative stone throwing behavior of chimpanzees. Thanks to @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca for funding this research!

Why do male chimpanzees throw rocks at the same trees for more than a decade? We travelled to remote Guinea-Bissau to find out

To study accumulative stone throwing among wild chimpanzees, researchers hike deep into the savanna-woodland of Boé — a habitat increasingly threatened by industrial mining.

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Guest Lecture: Dr. Alexandra Bögner (Basel University) on impact from political pressure on EU supply chain regulations. Free Admission! * Tues May 19 - 12–1 PM. * Food & drinks provided. * Register: www.shorturl.at/99KAX #SupplyChain #EUPolicy #Sustainability #UVic #AcademicMastodon #Kula

Brunel's hiring! We're building up in clinical, with 2 separate full research/teaching lines. One's aimed at early career (Lecturer rank), one's mid-seniorish (Senior Lecturer/Reader). Apply & spread the word! Feel free to reach out with questions SL/Reader here, Lecturer ad in next post

Very good @natneuro.nature.com review by @janetsong.bsky.social M. Greenberg D. Reich & C. Walsh, capturing progress made by genomic approaches to understand the evolution of the human brain 🧪🧬🧠 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Genomic approaches for understanding the evolution of the human brain - Nature Neuroscience

This Review describes how an approach that starts from genetic changes under selection during human evolution and integrates comparative and functional studies can reveal adaptive phenotypes across di...

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New paper for primatology, comparative cognition & cultural evolution: @ammiekalan.bsky.social & Tennie “Brokering peace in the ape (culture) wars”. "Ape culture wars” is the term for the long-running dispute over how ape culture should be understood / studied. Open access: doi.org/10.1017/ehs....

Brokering peace in the ape (culture) wars | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core

Brokering peace in the ape (culture) wars - Volume 8

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It took 3 years to complete this paper and it was difficult(!) but I think both @ctennie.bsky.social and I are grateful for the varied perspectives we gained as a result of this collaboration. If you work on ape culture, hopefully you'll feel the same doi.org/10.1017/ehs.... [Opens in a new window]

Brokering peace in the ape (culture) wars | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core

Brokering peace in the ape (culture) wars - Volume 8

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What’s better to read about on Valentine’s Day than our new paper on same-sex sex in Rwenzori colobus? ❤️❤️ Monkey love knows no bounds. can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Chess 🇨🇦: #Canada

Back in the Boé, Guinea-Bissau after a long journey with two of GAB lab's finest! Happy to see many familiar faces. Thanks @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca for the funding to make this happen!

Deliberate fire-making by humans in the UK may date to more than 400,000 years ago, according to evidence in Nature. The findings predate previous evidence for the deliberate lighting of fires by around 350,000 years. go.nature.com/4oKHAS4 🏺 🧪

Big thrill to also see my @beps-bangor.bsky.social colleague @cmbettridge.bsky.social present some of her work on galagos in Senegal and Kenya - from her student Grace Ellison’s PhD! #PSGBCardiff2025

📢 Come to Tübingen and get your PhD with us! Unique opportunity to explore great ape communication 🐵🦧🦍 from multiple disciplinary angles within a single, integrated project. 👇

Marlen Fröhlich@marlenfroehlich.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 2 PhD positions (E13 TV-L, 75%) in our DFG-funded project on great ape communication & the evolution of common ground! 🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome. 🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13 🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq Please share! @elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social

First time organizing a primatology session on behavioral flexibility in the Anthropocene, let alone first time organizing a conference! Easy to do with supportive co-organizers @uvicanthro.bsky.social, excellent volunteers and the wonderful CABA-ACAB community! @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social

Are humans the only rational animals? For thousands of years, we’ve thought so. Our new paper, out today in Science, suggests otherwise! We present evidence that chimpanzees possess several core capacities for rational thought. Check out Emily's thread: bsky.app/profile/emil...

Emily M. Sanford@emilymsanford.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵

TWO papers just out in @royalsocietypublishing.org #biologyletters : 1) Red kites switched from scavenging along roads to foraging away from roads during the COVID-19 lockdowns. 2) Fishers synchronise heart rates when cooperating with dolphins, but only when in close proximity. 1/

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Low quality papers are flooding the cancer literature — can this AI tool help to catch them? @nature.com A large language model scans abstracts and titles for signs that an article was produced by a 'paper-mill' company. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Low quality papers are flooding the cancer literature — can this AI tool help to catch them?

A large language model scans abstracts and titles for signs that an article was produced by a 'paper-mill' company.

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Dr. Jane made an indelible mark on our understanding of chimpanzees and other species, and also of humankind and the environments we all share. She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others. #ThankYouJane #RememberingJane Photo: Marko Zlousic

The world has lost its most powerful advocate for nature and hope. Yet many remain who will continue her legacy and I know she will continue to inspire generations more.

The count down starts for #CESRabat! Follow @ces2026.bsky.social and join us May 11-13 next year for an exciting meeting in Rabat, Morocco. Massive thanks to the #CESRabat organising committee: Sarah Alami (co-chair) Mathieu Charbonneau (co-chair) Zachary Garfield Edmond Seabright