Ruth Mace
@ruthmace.bsky.social
Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, UCL
This fall, the Dept of Ecology and Evolution @ the Univ of Lausanne will be looking for an associate professor in behavioral ecology and cultural evolution. If that sounds like you, please apply. CH is an outstanding place to live and work. ⛰️🚄🔥 wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
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An integrated quantitative framework for understanding the dynamics of collective action. Social Influence and the Logic of Collective Action by Sergey Gavrilets is out now! Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... #Sociology
Resources modify the associations between kin and fertility in historical Finland | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Resources modify the associations between kin and fertility in historical Finland | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
Resources modify the associations between kin and fertility in historical Finland - Volume 8
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Reciprocal exchanges across multilayered networks show an emerging patron–client system led by salaried households | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Reciprocal exchanges across multilayered networks show an emerging patron–client system led by salaried households | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
Reciprocal exchanges across multilayered networks show an emerging patron–client system led by salaried households - Volume 8
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Newsweek interviewed me about this study and its implications for falling birth rates worldwide. Read the article here: www.newsweek.com/study-of-237...
Researchers analyzed two centuries of birth data—one trend stood out
Lead author of the study Kenji Itao told Newsweek what many governments may be overlooking about low birth rates.
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Kenji Itao@kenjiitao.bsky.social · 4w agoAre there typical patterns in global fertility decline? In my new paper, I show that it can be largely described by just two pathways. This paper also proposes a mechanism behind two pathways, and a possible policy for fertility recovery: lowering education costs. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
⏰Deadline approaching!
UCL Institute of Archaeology@uclarchaeology.bsky.social · 3w ago⌛There's still time to apply! The postholder will be employed on the Mapping Africa’s Endangered Archaeological Sites and Monuments (MAEASaM) project. Full time | Hybrid | Fixed-term | Deadline: 26 July 2026 Find out more: tinyurl.com/2myczpv8 #Jobs #hiring #Archaeology #GIS #UCL
NEWS: Defra; Mary Creagh out, Jenny Riddell-Carpenter in www.gov.uk/government/n... Blog: is this the way to run Environment Department? markavery.info/2026/07/23/i... High turnover of Envt Secretaries, ministers have little experience/interest in the brief, lead non exec owns grouse moor.
Project Reconecta installed eight rope bridges in a municipality in Brazil, and a 15-month study used camera traps to document thousands of arboreal wildlife adapting to new aerial crossings. Suzana Carmago on @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/07/zero...
Zero roadkill as Amazon canopy bridges secure 15,000 crossings
For some of the world's rarest monkeys, the path to survival now runs through a simple network of ropes.
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The APEX Awards are now open for applications. In partnership with @britishacademy.bsky.social and @raeng.org.uk and supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk, the scheme offers independent researchers the opportunity to pursue genuine interdisciplinary research. Find out more: royalsociety.org/grants/apex-...
Getting a few papers about dogs submitted to Evolutionary Human Sciences. Keep them coming!
Are there typical patterns in global fertility decline? In my new paper, I show that it can be largely described by just two pathways. This paper also proposes a mechanism behind two pathways, and a possible policy for fertility recovery: lowering education costs. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Two universal pathways in demographic transition | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
Two universal pathways in demographic transition - Volume 8
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Attention and improvement: social learning reveals two behavioural dimensions behind dog-human interactions | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Attention and improvement: social learning reveals two behavioural dimensions behind dog-human interactions | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
Attention and improvement: social learning reveals two behavioural dimensions behind dog-human interactions - Volume 8
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Gaze in context: non-human eyes can be more salient under ecologically relevant conditions | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Gaze in context: non-human eyes can be more salient under ecologically relevant conditions | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
Gaze in context: non-human eyes can be more salient under ecologically relevant conditions - Volume 8
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Just two weeks left to apply for this exciting position in the @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social
@drphilcox.bsky.social · last mo.JOB ALERT! We are recruiting at @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social - a lecturer (Grade 8) or associate professor (Grade 9) in primate or human evolutionary anatomy (research and teaching). Contact Susan Evans or myself for further details. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRZ412/l...
JOB ALERT! We are recruiting at @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social - a lecturer (Grade 8) or associate professor (Grade 9) in primate or human evolutionary anatomy (research and teaching). Contact Susan Evans or myself for further details. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRZ412/l...
Lecturer / Associate Professor in Primate or Human Evolutionary Anatomy at UCL
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"The Cultural Ecology of Social Media" is finally out! This article put together a series of thoughts I had in the past years, and that found a productive theoretical background in the ecological approach to culture developed by Baumard and André. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Cultural Ecology of Social Media | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
The Cultural Ecology of Social Media
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On the functional redundancy of alcohol tolerance in rice societies | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
On the functional redundancy of alcohol tolerance in rice societies | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
On the functional redundancy of alcohol tolerance in rice societies - Volume 8
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🚨 CES Elections 2026–2029 🚨 We’ve extended the nomination period for SIX Executive Committee positions: President-Elect, Treasurer, Secretary, 2x Executive Ordinary Members and Student Rep! 🗓 Nominations close: Jun14 🗳 Voting: Jun24–Jul8 📢 Results announced this summer forms.gle/9yX2SLcf82Vk...
Cultural Evolution Society Elections 2026: Nomination Form
Please use this form to submit your nomination(s) for the Executive Committee's open positions. On this page we will ask you for general details. The next pages allow you to choose the position(s) ...
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Adverse childhood experiences, age at menopause, and vasomotor symptoms among mid-life Latine adults in California | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Adverse childhood experiences, age at menopause, and vasomotor symptoms among mid-life Latine adults in California | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
Adverse childhood experiences, age at menopause, and vasomotor symptoms among mid-life Latine adults in California - Volume 8
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Comparing predictions of anger in conflict situations: Recalibrational Theory versus Dark Triad traits | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Comparing predictions of anger in conflict situations: Recalibrational Theory versus Dark Triad traits | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
Comparing predictions of anger in conflict situations: Recalibrational Theory versus Dark Triad traits - Volume 8
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We are 1 month away from the registration deadline and 2 months away from the EvoDemoS11 meeting in Colorado (June 16th-18th). I am committed to hosting an engaging, collaborative and super fun conference. Join us and Register here: evodemos11.weebly.com
The long fight for the badger A celebration of the end of England’s badger cull, despite the loss of nearly 250,000 animals, shot or trapped unnecessarily | Hunt Saboteurs Association @huntsabs.org.uk @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
The long fight for the badger
A celebration of the end of England’s badger cull, despite the loss of nearly 250,000 animals, shot or trapped unnecessarily
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Bilgi was a wonderful university… beautiful campus, lively student body, excellent academics. No wonder the Erdogan regime couldn’t stand it. Yet another devastating blow for Turkish academia and society. Solidarity with all faculty, staff and students! ✊
Turkiye shutters liberal Istanbul university seized in criminal probe
Council of Higher Education promised to take measures to ensure Bilgi University students 'suffer no harm'.
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See petition below regarding Ormiston College’s plans to bulldoze koala habitat trees to expand their sports ovals. Please sign and share this petition *in addition to* (not instead of) contacting the Federal Minister for the Environment: minister.watt@dcceew.gov.au
Sign the Petition
Stop Ormiston College from cutting down the trees
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An evolutionary approach to privacy and information-management psychology | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
An evolutionary approach to privacy and information-management psychology | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
An evolutionary approach to privacy and information-management psychology - Volume 8
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The evolution of identity signals for co-ordination in diverse societies | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The evolution of identity signals for co-ordination in diverse societies | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
The evolution of identity signals for co-ordination in diverse societies - Volume 8
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Greenlandic woman wins case against the Danish authorities for stealing her two-hour-old child. They have now ceased 'psychometric tests' on Greenlandic individuals. #Kalaallit https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/08/greenland-woman-wins-danish-authorities-keira-alexandra-kronvold-child
Greenlandic woman wins case against Danish authorities who removed her two-hour-old child
Keira Alexandra Kronvold’s daughter was taken from her after she was subjected to parental competence psychometric tests
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Make stitch-free lavender scented bags with kapok and linen for free this May half term. Join us at this intergenerational workshop with artist Clare Sams on 26 May.
Family Event: Lavender Bags with Clare
Make stitch-free lavender scented bags with kapok & linen for free this May half term. Pre-book 13:30-14:30. Drop-in 14:30-16:30.
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New special issue on "Cultural evolution of the arts" led by @sobchuk.bsky.social and @masonyoungblood.bsky.social confirms my intuition that this field has taken off in the past two decades, with a particularly strong representation from music! doi.org/10.1017/ehs....
Pat Savage@patrickesavage.bsky.social · 4mo ago@culturalevolsoc.bsky.social conference draft programme is up: airess.fgses-um6p.ma/CES2026 Psyched to see so much music! (at least 13 presentations on human music, plus more on bird/whale song etc.)
