Eric Shattuck
@ericshattuck.bsky.social
Biological anthropologist working to understand what people do when they're sick and why. Assistant Professor at FSU. The views here are my own, etc., etc. www.ericshattuck.com
A new podcast series just has been launched, "The Darwinian Brain" A collection of interviews with researchers and neuroscientists about the evolution of the brain. Hosted by Dr Marvin Seifert. https://pod.link/6831635934 #neuroscience #podcast
Rare Disorder Causes Man’s Immune System To Attack Portugal https://theonion.com/rare-disorder-causes-mans-immune-system-to-attack-portugal/
🚨 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION 🚨 The abstract submission for @ehbea2027.bsky.social is currently open! Check also the info about student prizes, travel grants, and free childcare! More info 👇👇👇
EHBEA2027@ehbea2027.bsky.social · 2w ago🚨Calling all evolutionary behavioral researchers! Abstract submission for EHBEA 2027 Zurich is now open! We have student prizes, travel grants and free childcare! Visit www.ehbea2027.com/about-4 @hbes2026.bsky.social @evmed.bsky.social @bioanth.org @asab.org @ecbb2026.bsky.social @spspsc.bsky.social
Respectfully, if I'm in the Google Doc, you should not be in there with me. No one can understand what I'm trying to do in there, least of all me.
New: Social science societies and researchers are suing NSF to block its dismantling of the Social, Behavioral and Economic sciences (SBE) directorate. The lawsuit argues that, without a presidentially-appointed director and the National Science Board, NSF lacks the authority to eliminate SBE.
Researchers sue to block NSF from demolishing social science directorate
Without intervention, NSF could fully close the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate in a month
science.org
It's Carl Sagan Day! He would have been 92 today. Celebrate on Bluesky-dot-com by: - wondering at the stars - baking an apple pie from scratch (the 1st step is the hardest) - getting arrested at an anti-nuclear protest - complaining that Star Wars was "too white" - being skeptical
Carl Sagan Watching The Cosmos
Alt: Carl Sagan Watching The Cosmos: there's some light flashes and superimposed images of distant galaxies, and he looks up and off-screen.
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Very cool study on similarities in human / Neanderthal life history trajectories
Fernando Villanea@fervillanea.bsky.social · last wk.Very excited for my student Nicholas Hartman's first scientific preprint: 'Shared genetic foundation of the DHEAS pathway indicate similar extended childhoods in Neanderthals and modern humans' www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
🚨🐵Primate PhD: tinyurl.com/y94h2zhf We are seeking candidates to apply for Liverpool John Moore’s’ Vice Chancellor PhD Scholarship, with a working project title of "Environmental Influences on Immune Function and Health in Wild Barbary Macaques". Details in the link!
There's a YouTube channel called 'Ferrovia de Jardim' ("backyard railroad") owned by two model train enthusiasts, Daniel & Chico, in Barbacena, Brazil. They also have a cat named Titinho ("little uncle"?) who shares the space with occasionally hilarious results.😺🚂 (www.youtube.com/@ferroviadej...)
Why Hasn’t Abdul El-Sayed Accomplished Any Of His Campaign Goals Since Winning 2 Minutes Ago?
Saw the headline and thought “‘commandos’ is probably an exaggeration,” but it’s not. It was the GIGN, which is like the French version of the FBI HRT, but also does hostage rescues abroad like the SAS or JSOC www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
📢 New publication in *PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases* What makes people encounter some animals more often than others? Our interdisciplinary research reveals how practices, landscape changes & local perceptions shape everyday interactions w/ wildlife doi.org/10.1371/jour... #OneHealth #Zoonoses
Contact in context: How land use histories, sociocultural practices, and animal profiles shape human-animal contact and zoonotic pathogen exposure in a fragmented forest of the Democratic Republic of ...
Author summary Pathogenic spillovers from animals into humans have catalyzed epidemics throughout history. These spillovers result from many factors, although one, human-animal contact, is poorly unde...
doi.org
Inside of your voting site are two wolves etc etc
Zane Davis@ztdavis.bsky.social · 2w agoThe voting site I am working today in Wisconsin. ❤️
“I Voted” stickers starting to accumulate at the Alex Pretti Memorial in Whittier, Minneapolis
Ah, the infamous James Joyce Court, famous for handing down long sentences
Someone said, "Stewart, his life fulfilled," and I'm done for the day.😔 I saw "Picard at Tenagra, his eyes closed" and I broke. 😭
New in-press chapter on when true ritual could have existed (current answer: not earlier than 0.8 million years ago) By Tennie & Kapitany Accepted version as preprint available via this link: osf.io/preprints/so...
Late evolutionary origins of necessary key abilities for true ritual
Human ritual is difficult to trace directly in deep time. We approach its evolutionary origins indirectly by asking when the necessary cognitive prerequisites for ritual were first plausibly present i...
osf.io
NEW: A bird flu outbreak has been raging uncontrolled on a Utah mink farm for two months. Flu experts fear it could spark a devastating human pandemic. But officials haven’t acted — instead prioritizing the financial interests of the fur trade.
Bird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm. It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won’t Act.
Federal officials brushed off the issue as Utah prioritized the fur industry’s interests. Little has been done to stop the spread of the virus and ensure it can’t spread to humans, a failure that expe...
propublica.org
Any potential PhD students thinking about HBE, hunter-gatherer research, etc. should check out Duncan!
Duncan Stibbard Hawkes@dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 3w agoI am recruiting PhD students this year, so if anyone knows anyone interested in projects related to hunter-gatherer subsistence transition, (in)equality, sharing and material culture, please tell them to be in touch. I have some funds for field oriented projects. Contact details on my dept page.
New Study Finds Cavemen Had Trouble Sticking To Paleo Diet Without Frozen Meal Kits https://theonion.com/new-study-finds-cavemen-had-trouble-sticking-to-paleo-d-1851267498/
"wild Bornean orangutan mothers (the most solitary of all great apes) change their movement patterns to bring their infants into contact with peers, even though doing so costs them energy and feeding time" I mean, this vibes with my life nowadays www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Maternal ranging strategies facilitate offspring social play at energetic cost in the most solitary ape | PNAS
In most vertebrates, social play among peers is considered essential for behavioral development. Yet in solitary species bearing single offspring, ...
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The hobbit book is finally real and you can preorder it, which feels completely wild. Coming August 2027.
