How will scientific knowledge evolve in human–AI systems? The Future of Research in the Age of Human–AI Collective Intelligence workshop will take place at the joint HCOMP / @acm.org 2026. Short papers/extended abstracts welcome. Deadline: July 31, 2026 sduyr.github.io/hai-ci-works...

New paper out! With @amrojasm.bsky.social @bombarelya.bsky.social @svalver.bsky.social Ildefonso Cases, Scott Handley & yours truly @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social @ibmcp.bsky.social @csic.es

Trends in Genetics@cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Rethinking molecular evolution through protein language model embeddings" by Rosa Fernández, Ana M. Rojas, & colleagues FREE till Aug. 4th at authors.elsevier.com/a/1nGxPcQbJI...

The soon-to-be-launched new journal of the @cssociety.bsky.social is searching for associate editors that reflect the interdisciplinary nature of complex systems with diversity, equity and a high level of editorial commitment. Tto be considered, please write to us through forms.gle/2skCvqFwDue5...

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Today I’ll be presenting online at @ces2026.bsky.social: Arcade games as a model system for cultural macroevolution 👾 Track B · Room B-K2-02 11:30–12:40 Sorry not to be in Rabat in person, but happy to share this work with the @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social.

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).

Sergey Gavrilets now on how tightness-looseness changes cooperative dynamics

Check out our (@sobchuk.bsky.social) special issue on the cultural evolution of the arts in Evolutionary Human Sciences, with papers from @mikekestemont.bsky.social @babeheim.bsky.social @svalver.bsky.social and more! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Being a part of this group of evolutionary theorists and thinkers makes me very happy. All for one and one for all!

Andrej Spiridonov@andrejpaleo.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Had a wonderful meeting on the development of the hierarchical approaches in the evolutionary archeology, organized by Shumon T. Hussain @shumon.bsky.social . Here is hierarchical evolution and network trio: Ilya Tëmkin, Sergi Valverde @svalver.bsky.social and yours truly 🧪 ⚒️ #Archeology #Paleobio

Had a wonderful meeting on the development of the hierarchical approaches in the evolutionary archeology, organized by Shumon T. Hussain @shumon.bsky.social . Here is hierarchical evolution and network trio: Ilya Tëmkin, Sergi Valverde @svalver.bsky.social and yours truly 🧪 ⚒️ #Archeology #Paleobio

The preliminary programme for @ces2026.bsky.social is now out. What a fabulous line up! airess.fgses-um6p.ma/CES2026?__cf...

Punctuated equilibrium of stalled cultural-evolutionary progress as a side effect of the emergence of accurate AI models. Reminds me ideas of Sergi Valverde @svalver.bsky.social . Could we call it the ultimate imitation regime? When you loose the intellectual wandering. 🧪 www.nber.org/papers/w34910

‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪

Reproduction of multicellular organisms emerges as an exaptation of their ecology "...our results show that developmental regulation evolves through co-option of ecological interactions during the transition to multicellularity." CC: @svalver.bsky.social 🧪 #Paleobio #EvoBio

Enrico Sandro Colizzi@escolizzi.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Curious about the origin of development during the transition to multicellularity? A very belated preprint alert: bit.ly/4rr2mHU Reproduction emerges from ecological interactions at the onset of multicellularity. A short 🧵 with lots of videos...

A new study by @julself.bsky.social and colleagues reports that male zebra finches balance social conformity and individual preference when selecting nest materials.

Conformity and individual preference shape nest material use in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

Culture, learned behaviours shared within a group, is found in diverse species and critically impacts fitness. Culture arises through social learning and persists when newcomers adopt group norms via…

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Demographic shifts, inter-group contact and environmental conditions drive language extinction and diversification. #linguistics

Many thanks also to @elena-moos.bsky.social, who just joined bsky. Elena was the master knapper in the new study who made the application of the new method possible. Follow Elena, and I am sure you'll see amazing stone tools (and even dice!) made by her.

Nolan Ferar@nolanferar.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Thank you to all involved and all who helped (e.g. @ctennie.bsky.social, @sahelanthrope.bsky.social) Find all the details here, and be sure to check our FAQ section (e.g. regarding late Acheulean handaxe shapes) in the supplemental info: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440326000154

Friends in Edinburgh! Join me on June 27, as I unveil The Story of Birds at our wonderful local bookshop, Toppings. Get your tickets early here! www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...

Steve Brusatte for The Story of Birds at Pilrig St. Paul's / LARCH

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Nice to see “tinkering” being highlighted in cultural evolution. We recently published a chapter synthesizing our work on tinkering-based models of software and technological evolution. The growing convergence suggests this idea is now part of our shared toolkit. @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social

James Winters@replicatedtypo.bsky.social · 6mo ago

As a side point: the term "tinkering" is not even new in the context of cultural evolution -- Francois Jacob had a paper on this in 1977 called "Evolution and tinkering" and @svalver.bsky.social + colleagues directly refer to tinkering in their papers on tech evolution

As a side point: the term "tinkering" is not even new in the context of cultural evolution -- Francois Jacob had a paper on this in 1977 called "Evolution and tinkering" and @svalver.bsky.social + colleagues directly refer to tinkering in their papers on tech evolution

Very happy to see our ice-fishing paper on the cover of @science.org this week! 🎣🎉 We tracked large groups of Finnish competitive ice-fishers to study how social foragers use social information when searching for resources. 🐟 Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... (contact me for open access)

"diversity peaked before a sharp decline, suggesting a possible link between ecological specialization and extinction risk..aligns with hypotheses proposing that overspecialization limits adaptability, leading to extinction under background conditions" doi.org/10.1017/pab.... 🧪 #Geology ⚒️ #Paleobio

Happy #WinterSolstice ❄️ In Chaco Canyon in the US Southwest, ancient monumental roads align with the winter solstice sunrise over Mount Taylor. Features of both land and sky were (and still are) ritually important to the region's Indigenous people. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

📢 New Blog Post Achieving true interdisciplinarity is hard! @shumon.bsky.social makes an argument for accepting the transformative nature of #interdisciplinary research - even if that means researchers must revisit their standard methods and assumptions! 🔗 read on here: shorturl.at/YE4gx

Imagine you have no clue that there is an entire universe of people with diverse capabilities centering on the generation of new ideas and the refinment of old ones.

Adrian Daub@adriandaub.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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I dislike that Time Magazine has chosen to conflate CEOs with the people who actually got their hands dirty making the technology work. I’m incensed that Fei Fei Li is half off the page. I’m sure she is too gracious to say it.

In episode 1029, I talk with Dr. J. Doyne Farmer (@doynefarmer.bsky.social) about his great book, Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics for a Better World. #Economics #Science youtu.be/h0Vfoz9n2kQ

#1029 J. Doyne Farmer - Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics for a Better World

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I’d like to thank Stuart Newman for his editorial work in one of my favorite journals these days. Biological Theory is one of the few journals that takes seriously the intersection between empirical and theoretical approaches to biology. I wish the best to Kevin Lala in his new role as editor.

Biological Theory@biologicaltheory.bsky.social · 8mo ago

From Jan 1 2026, I take over as Editor-in-Chief of Biological Theory. I would like to thank my predecessor, Stuart Newman, who has done a terrific job for 10 years. That is truly extraordinary service to the community, and the journal is in a great place thanks to his efforts. Kevin Lala

Why does every decade promise a method, a language, or now #AI that will “fix” #software #complexity? Software never behaved like an engineered artifact. Our research shows it evolves like an #ecosystem. A thread ↓

While discussing ideas on the evolution with @svalver.bsky.social and wandering around wonderful Barcelona, I'm learning some architectural paleontology. Giant (pea-sized) foraminifera — Nummulites and some sea urchin spines. Provenance probably local Eocene «piedra de Gerona», España. 🧪⚒️ #Geology

Tomorrow 11/26 at 12:00: @andrejpaleo.bsky.social on the deep-time dynamics of Earth's biosphere. If you’re interested in macroevolution, paleoclimate, complex systems, or scaling laws in natural history, this is one you shouldn’t miss! Charles Darwin room @prbb.org! @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social