Can't wait to see you all in beautiful Durham!

Going to the HBES conference at Aarhus Universitet in May? Wondering where to stay? The conference website now has pertinent information (including a list of hotels with conference discount): conferences.au.dk/hbes2024/accom…

1 month left to get your abstracts in for CES 2024 Durham

#ISEMPH2024 in Durham is open for abstract submission! It's bound to be an excellent event in a beautiful location (and check out the evolutionary psychiatry pre-meeting..) isemph.org/ISEMPH-2024

We are happy to announce our fee waivers and Cultural Evolution Society ACE Travel awards #CES2024durham. You can apply for both here ces2024.webspace.durham.ac.uk/inclusivity-aw… The deadline is 20th April at 9 am BST and you will hear back before the deadline for early bird registration on 20th May 4pm BST

Why is reciprocity common in humans but rare in other animals? A @nature paper by CharlesEfferson et al explains the conditions necessary for reciprocity to evolve nature.com/articles/s4158…

Calling all students seeking research experience in evolutionary social science! In HBES's new ADAPT Program, you'll work w a mentor on a research project in 2024-25. Get $1.2k stipend + up to $3k to attend/present at HBES2025! Apply hbes.com/the-adapt-miss… by 6/1!

Symposium #AABA2024, organized by Charles Roseman, with talks by Adam Van Arsdale, Dr. Sheela Athreya, Anne Pisor, Clark Barrett, Chelsea Cataldo-Ramirez, Felsenstein's Monster, Fernando Villanea, Jamie Jones 🇺🇸, Rebecca Sear, Tina Lasisi, PhD, 🇺🇸 🌍🌎 Richard G. Bribiescas, and yours truly. Titles and abstracts: xcdsystem.com/aaba/program/v…

Applications are open for the Cultural Evolution Society Awards! The New Investigator Award recognises outstanding contribution&potential <5 yrs post PhD, and the Richerson Award is for Outstanding Doctoral Research. Get your applications in by May 1st: culturalevolutionsociety.org/grants-and-awa…

JOB ALERT! Calling social/behavioural/cognitive scientists of all stripes interested in Collective Behaviour/Collective Intelligence. Join us in our small but growing interdisciplinary research team in Rabat, Morocco! Up to 4 (!!) permanent jobs available. Deadline April 15th.

Calling all New Investigators and recent PhDs in #culturalevolution: nominate yourself for these Cultural Evolution Society awards by 1st May (this Wednesday)!

Three weeks left until early bird registration closes for #CES204Durham at 4pm UTC/GMT on 20th May. We'll be sharing our indicative programme soon, but in the meantime, we're delighted to announce a science writing workshop at the conference by SAPIENS. Reg link below! 👇

Arizona State University Arizona State University Professor Robert Boyd is among those newly elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. Congratulations! 👏 Read more: bit.ly/3wkVHIP

Over the next 2 months, the CES is collaborating with the ESLR Society to host recordings from their seminar series on our Youtube channel Catch them live at their zoom link, or keep an eye out for updates as we post the recordings! eslrsociety.com/events/eslr-se…

Nominate yourself to be the President-Elect (and then President), or Student Rep, of the Cultural Evolution Society! More info here: culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-event… Nomination form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… #culturalevolution #culturalevolutionsociety

The first paper stemming from my dissertation is now published in PNAS! This will be delayed open access. Let me know if you need a copy... doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…

When does stone tool technology show rapid accumulation of know-how? Jonathan Paige and Charles Perreault analyze tool complexity and show it happened 600,000 ya and carefully interpret result's implication for cumulative culture's beginnings. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…