On my reading list! ✨️👇

Manuel Will@manuelwill.bsky.social · 6d ago

Our new theory article may be of interest to those studying technological complexity in archaeology and human evolution. It gives a historical perspective & introduces heterarchy as a 'new' perspective under which this phenomenon may be studied. Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

My joint work w/ Matteo Bedetti is now officially out in Biology & Philosophy! [Re-sharing the 🧵, with full-text link 👇] We examine how evidential standards are negotiated in funerary #archaeology debates, using the Homo #naledi burial controversy as a case study in epistemological practice.🧪🏺💀

Buried, or maybe not: adherence to evidential standards in paleoanthropology - Biology & Philosophy

This paper examines how evidential standards are constructed, interpreted, and enforced in paleoanthropology and funerary archaeology, focusing on claims of deliberate burial practices in Homo naledi....

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Una folta delegazione PIPoLS alla conferenza 2026 della Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice #SPSP a Cambridge! 1. in veste professionale, 2. in veste faceta, 3. in azione ✨️ @stefanocanali.bsky.social @matildecarrera.bsky.social @chiarapertile.bsky.social @andrameneganzin.bsky.social

My first #SPSP conference in Cambridge was fun. Best bits: getting a glimpse of the many facets of philosophy of science in practice, presenting my work as part of a fun symposium on "making data speak" in archaeology, cows on campus, and a fantastic final gig ✨️ #philsky #philbio #evosky #hps 💀🏺

Pochi giorni per mandare una proposta di poster, flash talk ecc per il 1 incontro di PIPoLS, il 17-8 dicembre al Politecnico di Milano. Cerchiamo studenti di master & dottorato che lavorano nell'area (o si interessano) della filosofia delle scienze della vita con un approccio pratico.

PIPoLS: People of the Italian Philosophy of Life Sciences@pipols-italy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🔥Call for PIPoLS Workshop!🔥 📆17-18 dicembre 2026 Il primo workshop PIPoLS è all'orizzonte! 🗒️In occasione del nostro primo evento in presenza, invitiamo dottorande/i e studentesse/i di laurea magistrale a inviare una proposta per un flash talk, un poster o un breve video da presentare all’incontro.

Fai ricerca in filosofia delle scienze della vita con sede o formazione in Italia? Entra anche tu a far parte della community #PiPoLS! C'abbiamo i 🍪🍪 😏

PIPoLS: People of the Italian Philosophy of Life Sciences@pipols-italy.bsky.social · 4w ago

Vuoi partecipare attivamente e diventare un membro di #PIPoLS? Siamo una comunità giovane e crediamo in una partecipazione e in una governance orizzontale e condivisa. Chiunque si ritrovi nella nostra missione e nei nostri valori può entrare a far parte della community! 👇

👊Quali valori uniscono la comunità di PIPoLS? Le prospettive e le attività promosse dalla rete PIPoLS si fondano su principi condivisi che orientano il nostro modo di fare ricerca, collaborare e costruire una comunità nel mondo accademico 👇🧵

The Ramsey Lab has started making images to celebrate our newly accepted papers. I told Grant that I wanted ours to look gory, and he did not disappoint. (The title kinda lends itself to it, you know.) Working on trait individuation does curious things to philosophers... Preprint 👇🔗 #philsky

The Ramsey Lab@theramseylab.bsky.social · last mo.

What if some biological #traits are both one & many? 🤔 📄In our forthcoming paper @philsci.bsky.social, we show why recognizing composite traits matters for evolutionary inquiry & highlight the challenges they pose for #comparativebiology Preprint: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/30388/ #philbio #philsky

Worried #AI will turn selfish & harm us? In our new 📄(forthcoming @philscijournal.bsky.social), we argue that selfishness isn't the real danger. The threat is "niche prospecting"—evolutionary #AI exploring the space of possible niches: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/30221/ #AISafety #HPS #philsci #philsky

Had a great time at the "Earliest Symbols" conference in Bologna. Kudos to Silvia Ferrara, Ludovica Ottaviano, Adhi Agus Oktaviana and all the #sapience team for putting together such a stimulating event on one of the hard problems of archaeology 🏺 #sapiencefis #archaeosky #evosky #preliteracy

We are very excited to share our latest 📄 (@philsci.bsky.social): a revamped version of #nicheconstruction theory that captures the evolutionary consequences of organismic activities beyond changes in selection. We call it the 'Matrix Account' 👇 philsci-archive.pitt.edu/30043/ #evobio #HPS #hpbio

Spread the word! Abbiamo inaugurato il network italiano di filosofie delle scienze della vita in pratica (#PIPoLS) e già siamo all'opera con il nostro primo workshop, che si terrà il 17-18 Dicembre al Politecnico di Milano. L'evento é supportato da @ishpssb.bsky.social come #ISHoffyear workshop

PIPoLS: People of the Italian Philosophy of Life Sciences@pipols-italy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🔥Call for PIPoLS Workshop!🔥 📆17-18 dicembre 2026 Il primo workshop PIPoLS è all'orizzonte! 🗒️In occasione del nostro primo evento in presenza, invitiamo dottorande/i e studentesse/i di laurea magistrale a inviare una proposta per un flash talk, un poster o un breve video da presentare all’incontro.

🔥Call for PIPoLS Workshop!🔥 📆17-18 dicembre 2026 Il primo workshop PIPoLS è all'orizzonte! 🗒️In occasione del nostro primo evento in presenza, invitiamo dottorande/i e studentesse/i di laurea magistrale a inviare una proposta per un flash talk, un poster o un breve video da presentare all’incontro.

👉Very happy to share a new preprint w/ Matteo Bedetti, forthcoming in Biology & Philosophy. We examine how evidential standards are negotiated in funerary #archaeology debates, using the Homo #naledi burial controversy as a case study in epistemological practice.🧪🏺 #evosky #philbio #philsky

⭐️ to any @hbes2026.bsky.social or @ces2026.bsky.social attendees traveling across #Morocco who manage to spot our logo inspirations IRL #CESRabat #HBES2026

Our host turns speaker: @matcharbonneau.bsky.social on how open-ended cumulative cultural evolution works

Robert Boyd (having a huge picture of Pete Richerson behind him, who also sits in the audience) reflects on them starting the whole Cultural Evolution Thing. So amazing to hear their story, esp. since this work inspired me soo much.

A few more highlights from day #3 at the ##CES2026. Captivating plenary by Nicole Creanza on the evolution of learned behaviors in birds & humans. Also found myself in a kickass archaeology session & took a great deal from every talk. It's been great fun, Rabat! 🇲🇦 #evosky 🏺 #archaeosky #philbio

Speed-running between amazing sessions at #CES2026 and different perspectives on shared cultural evolutionary questions feels like my life now. Some highlights from day #2.

CES Conference 2026 at UM6P Rabat 📍 The Cultural Evolution Society (CES) Conference 2026 successfully kicked off today at the UM6P Rabat campus, hosted by the Africa Institute for Research in Economics and Social Sciences (AIRESS) in collaboration with the School of Collective Intelligence (SCI).

Two fabulous opportunities to come and work at Egenis on Stephan Guttinger’s automated science project! 1) A fully-funded PhD position: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... 2) A postdoctoral research position: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD641/p... Please share! #philsci #philjobs

🎯La missione di #PIPoLS? 🚀Intendiamo promuovere e rafforzare approcci alla #filosofia delle scienze della vita radicati nelle pratiche e nelle istituzioni scientifiche, alimentati dal dialogo #interdisciplinare e in grado di integrare teoria, ricerca empirica e riflessione epistemologica ed #etica.

PIPoLS è su Bluesky! 🦋 Seguiteci per ricevere aggiornamenti sulle iniziative della rete italiana di filosofia delle scienze della vita! 🧪🧬🌿🐙

PIPoLS: People of the Italian Philosophy of Life Sciences@pipols-italy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📣Nasce #PIPoLS, People of the Italian Philosophy of Life Sciences!📣In questo e nei prossimi thread vi racconteremo chi siamo, i nostri obiettivi e i valori che condividiamo. Seguiteci e condividete per restare aggiornati sulle nostre attività! ⏭️ #philsky #philbio #philmed #philcogsci #evosky

It's been a year since we joined 🦋! We are a philosophy group interested in the life sciences—esp #evobio #CellBiology #PaleoSky, the behavioral & cognitive sciences and #AI. Give us a follow for research updates & highlights of exciting work across philosophy & science! #philsci #philsky #cogsci 🐋🌱

Il mio intervento andato in onda stamattina a Radio 3 Scienza sull'immagine della "scimmia nuda"di Desmond Morris, scomparso la scorsa domenica 📻🎙 Dal minuto 17:05 👉 www.raiplaysound.it/audio/2026/0... #scicomm

Do microbial organisms undergo programmed cell death (PCD)? 🦠🔬 In their latest piece, Pierre Durand and Grant Ramsey (@theramseylab.bsky.social) argue that an evolutionary concept of PCD applies to all cells across the tree of life. 📚👇 link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... #evosky #HPbio #philsci

Conceptual Foundations of Cell Mortality

The new era of microbial cell death stems from a flood of new information emanating from the mechanistic and evolutionary life sciences, philosophy, and even sociology. In the shifting landscape, long...

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🎉 The winner of the 2nd Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation Prize is the brilliant @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social. Congratulations! Her 2025 thesis “Cracking Capuchins” dives deep into how tool use shapes survival and evolution. Some capuchins wield stones like pros, others don’t.

Hey gang! Exeter’s looking for a 4-year postdoc in philsci & AI. Sweet gig at a great place - share around :D #philsci #philjobs www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD641/p...

Now out in PTRSB!🔥 Wherein Francesco d'Errico, Ivan Colage & I track the emergence & trajectory of hominin epistemic #nicheconstruction through material culture—the alteration of the informational landscape via spaces, bodily ornaments, & artificial memory systems. #evosky #archeosky #philsky

Scaffolding minds: human collective intelligence through space, body and material symbols

Abstract. Human collective intelligence (CI)—the capacity of groups to solve problems, make decisions and acquire knowledge beyond individual capabilities—

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I have a new paper out in Biology & Philosophy where I explore the overlap between the philosophy of measurement and ancestry in human population genetics. Very grateful to the philosophers & scientists who encouraged me to write this up! doi.org/10.1007/s105... #philsci #philbio

Measuring ancestry - Biology & Philosophy

Biology & Philosophy - In the past decades, there has been a significant shift in the labels used to describe human populations in large-scale genomic studies. Such labels are known as...

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