Our failure to reproduce Anderson et al (2023), The Myth of Man the Hunter, an effort led by Vivek V. Venkataraman, is now published: authors.elsevier.com/c/1j2qf3tz496Y…

Our paper on the women's hunting debate has finally been published in E&HB sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Our point is simple: women sometimes hunt in foraging societies, but gendered divisions of labor still exist.

'We should dispel the categorically false notion that forager women do not hunt or are unable to hunt... [but] should not replace one myth with another.' authors.elsevier.com/c/1j2qf3tz496Y… Our methodological critique of 'the Myth of man the hunter' paper is now online E&HB

The origin story of the term ‘allomother’ (anyone caring for a child other than the mother), from Sarah Hrdy’s new book 👇 E.O. Wilson suggested the term, Hrdy adopted it and now it exists out there in the real world

"data from 292 women in Uganda show perceived lack of support, especially from baby's father, is linked to higher risk of depression...mothers at threshold of depression obtain increased help from baby's father, woman's mother, father & to minor extent, father-in-law & cousins"

Excited to share that I've been awarded an European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant! Our team will be investigating how children's independent peer cultures evolve, and what they contribute to community adaptation.

🎉I'm recruiting! GSU's ADAPT Lab is looking for TWO PhD students for Fall 2025 to study how culture and environment shape flexible thinking. Position1️⃣:Cross-cultural focus (USA & Rep. Congo)🗺️ Position2️⃣ :Nonhuman Primate focus 🐒 adaptchildlab.com/news #PhD #Psychology

Finally settled at Durham University Durham Psychology to start my doctoral training program funded by NINE DTP! So happy about this new start and ready to discover the city 🥰

When are individuals more likely to care for others' offspring - under scarcity or abundance? Find out in Elic Weitzel & colleagues new HBES blog post about alloparenting: hbes.com/time-or-resour… Or read the original EHB article here: doi.org/10.1016/j.evol…

Fascinating study relevant to understanding post-natal depression: is it an adaptive response arising when a mother needs more social support? This could totally reshape our ideas of reacting to and preventing post-natal depression!! New data broadly support the idea!

I met this gentle giant puppy on the streets of Greece, and I am looking for the best home for him. He loves cuddles, humans, cats, and dogs, and he recently survived a poisoned bait. I am willing to travel with him anywhere in Europe where he will be adopted #AdoptDontShop

I am very honored to have been selected as the 2024 Fyssen Research Grant receipient! My project will explore how social support for mothers is shared within a community among the BaYaka forager and their neighboring Bantu fisher-farmer community.