1. A long post-reproductive lifespan is exceedingly rare in wild animals, so why do humans have one, i.e., menopause? In my new paper, I find that menopause averted a midlife energetic crisis: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🧪 #BioAnth 🧵
Daniel Conroy-Beam
@dconroybeam.bsky.social
Associate professor at UCSB. Evolutionary and computational perspectives on human mating. Occasional nature photos. He/him. https://www.danconroybeam.com/
New review out today in Evolutionary Anthropology on arranged marriage, coauthored with @dconroybeam.bsky.social and @davidwlawson.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1002/evan...
The Role and Consequences of Arranged Marriage in the Evolution of Human Mating
Mate selection has important fitness implications and thus has been a prominent focus across the evolutionary social sciences. However, despite ample evidence that human mate selection is uniquely sh....
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Agreed! HBES was my first ever conference. It has been my academic home and the highlight of my year ever since. So this award is a special honor for me. But it means even more to share it with such a wonderful scientist and person as @annepisor.bsky.social. I'm flattered to be in her company.
Anne Pisor@annepisor.bsky.social · 3mo agoIt is such an honor to receive this award, and especially alongside @dconroybeam.bsky.social! Thank you to the @humbehevosoc.bsky.social community! 🙏🏻
Despite my face in this thumbnail, I really enjoyed this conversation about a project I've been working on lately! Thanks for having me on again, @epthepod.bsky.social
Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast) @epthepod.bsky.social · 3mo agoThis week, we talk to @dconroybeam.bsky.social about sex and gender. youtu.be/MwB7cemCfgM podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... www.podbean.com/eas/pb-xiemw...
This week, we talk to Martin Daly about inequality, homicide, and the foundational early days of evolutionary psychology. youtu.be/ufjRoVcQfR4 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... www.podbean.com/eas/pb-m6qak...
The Origins of Evolutionary Psychology with Martin Daly
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Why is domain-generality so intuitive? This paper makes a case for why we need an evolutionary psychology of psychology, and what it has to say about the study of intelligence, consciousness, domain-generality, and the theory crisis. @pdurkee.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What a difference a mind makes: How evolved difference detecting mechanisms harm psychological science, and how an evolutionary psychology of psychology can help
From an adaptationist perspective, most of psychology's concepts that form the basis of empirical inquiry, such as memory, attention, consciousness, i…
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New article out exploring great ape name recognition! We find partial evidence that zoo-living chimps & bonobos know each other's names 👀 Huge thanks to Animal Behavior and Cognition (a great open-access journal) & co-authors for your collaboration!🎉🐵 unsvr1.com/web/abc/work...
Do Great Apes Know Each Other's Names? Probing Great Ape Comprehension of Social Vocal Labels — Animal Behavior and Cognition
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This week, we talk to @hugoreasoning.bsky.social about all things "epistemic". Are we gullible and prone to misinformation? Are we vigilant in favor of our interests? Enjoy the wide-ranging conversation! www.podbean.com/eas/pb-wphps... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... youtu.be/nf42LNg6y-A
Reasoning and Epistemic Vigilance with Hugo Mercier
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One of my favorite podcasts interviews one of my favorite mating researchers
Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast) @epthepod.bsky.social · 9mo agoThis week we talk to @bscelza.bsky.social about Polygamy and the state of the evolutionary behavioral sciences. youtu.be/F2rz-vuczX0 www.podbean.com/eas/pb-9i7eb... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Come join the Moral Minds Lab as a grad student at MSU! Brand-new lab equipped for child & adult testing, with motivated undergrads in a happy department. 🤩 Learn more: www.moralmindslab.com/join-our-tea... (P.S. @tedmond.bsky.social is also taking a student!) @msupsychology.bsky.social
Looking forward to this!
Princeton University Press@princetonupress.bsky.social · 9mo agoTomorrow (Nov 6) at 6:00 pm PST, join Chaucer's Books in hosting @mgurven.bsky.social, author of Seven Decades, for a talk and a signing! Come explore the unique evolutionary path that led to human longevity and challenge how we think about aging. Learn about this in-person event: buff.ly/tKzGDn1
Come work with my colleague, @anniewertz.bsky.social. She's awesome, our department is awesome, and if you come here, you'd be awesome, too.
Annie Wertz@anniewertz.bsky.social · 9mo agoI’m recruiting #PhD students to join my Lab for Infant Learning and Cognition (LILAC) at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social! We study how infants learn about the natural world from others 🌱 If you’re interested in #devpsych, #EvPsych, and #infantstudies, please reach out and apply! More info below (1/2)
This week, we talk to Keelah Williams about Evolutionary Psychology and the Law. youtu.be/hmpfZajB2UI podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... epthepod.podbean.com/e/keelah-wil...
Evolutionary Psychology and the Law with Keelah Williams
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Released today! SEVEN DECADES: HOW WE EVOLVED TO LIVE LONGER Now available at your favorite bookseller. Leave a review on Goodreads or Amazon if you can. Please help spread the word! #sevendecades @princetonupress.bsky.social
This week, Language and Communication (and the Lindy Hop) with @thomscottphillips.bsky.social! youtu.be/Gex5b6Nbq7I?... www.podbean.com/ew/pb-dur6p-... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Language and Communication with Thom Scott-Phillips
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I’m admitting 1–2 Ph.D. students to join my lab in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at CU Boulder, starting Fall 2026. We study person perception, stereotyping and prejudice, and intervention science. Application info: www.colorado.edu/psych-neuro/... Lab info: www.svmlab.org
Colorado Social Vision & Mind Lab
The Social Vision & Mind Lab (Director: Youngki Hong, Ph.D.) at the University of Colorado Boulder explores how people perceive and make sense of the physica...
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This week: The evolutionary psychology of humor with @davidpinsof.bsky.social! An account of why the mind finds things funny, and why "funny" has the features it has. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGm-... www.podbean.com/eas/pb-ppaqi... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
The Evolutionary Psychology of Humor
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"people are sensitive to the amount of population variance on a trait, and flexibly adjust their partner preferences to focus on traits which vary more among others" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Wealth or generosity? People choose partners based on whichever is more variable
Organisms benefit from choosing partners who are willing and able to provide them with benefits (e.g., choose based on warmth, competence, wealth). Bu…
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Annie Wertz plants a flag for plan and learning research!
Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast) @epthepod.bsky.social · 11mo agoThis week, @anniewertz.bsky.social talks about her ground-breaking work exploring what infants know, and come prepared to learn, about 🌱plants🌿! (Annie gets credit for all plant-based puns in this episode). youtu.be/bMbDieccEtc www.podbean.com/eas/pb-67k8k... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
BBS just announced a call for commentaries on @manvir.bsky.social's target article, "Subjective selection, super-attractors, and the origins of the cultural manifold" Deadline is Sep 10! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Call for Commentary Proposals - Subjective selection, super-attractors, and the
Call for Commentary Proposals - Subjective selection, super-attractors, and the origins of the cultural manifold
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Great episode! Pat is one of my favorite psychologists out there today. And it was super interesting to hear from the Daly and Wilson lineage for the first time on the podcast
Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast) @epthepod.bsky.social · 12mo agoThis week, we discuss the evolution of cooperation with Pat Barclay. youtu.be/-cHqagwF1yY?... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... www.podbean.com/eas/pb-f5gtf...
📣From Kyle Landrum: Good Explanations and the Causal Metasemantics of Inductive Concepts
Good Explanations and the Causal Metasemantics of Inductive Concepts
Abstract. A metasemantic theory tells us why a particular concept has its particular content, for example, why the concept orang-utan has orang-utans as it
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Late on this one but really enjoyed this conversation. Let it be known that @dpietra.bsky.social feels affection toward flat earthers
Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast) @epthepod.bsky.social · last yr.This week with Cristina Moya (UC Davis) we discuss conspiracy theories, ethnolinguistic boundaries, and if we would ever eat at a flat earth restaurant. youtu.be/zzc13DFDGBs?... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... www.podbean.com/eas/pb-qm6gh...
Job announcement 📢 @shawnrhoadsphd.bsky.social and I are looking for a joint postdoc interested in computational models of social interaction! Interested? If you’ll be at #rlc2025 (or I missed you at #cogsci2025) feel free to reach out with any questions! apply.interfolio.com/165809
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Shawn Rhoads@shawnrhoadsphd.com · last yr.📢 @markkho.bsky.social & I are recruiting a joint postdoc interested in computational models of social interaction & mental health 💻 Ideal candidates have experience w/ multi-player web-based experiments & computational modeling 📅 Apps are reviewed on a rolling basis 🔗 apply.interfolio.com/165809
