For mutations to have good chances of entering the gene pool of a population of 🪼🌴🐸🐞🦙☘️ the cells in which such mutations arise need to thrive in their developmental contexts. Development may thus be an evolutionary agent behind mutation rate biases
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In a world full of misinformation and social media influencers who are suddenly seen as 'experts' on topics (such as menstruation) on which they have no actual expertise, it's amazing to see scientists appear in the public media and give science-backed info about periods!

How hard is it to do science in a language that’s not your first language? We quantified the severity of #languagebarriers for non-native English speakers when reading/publishing papers and attending/presenting at international conferences.
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Not my photo but had such a pleasant and stimulating week in Zurich with these folks at the MAPPING workshop. Thanks to Adam Hunt and Adrian Jaeggi for organising a superb event.

Titles are rolling in with just one week to go! Sign up now to join our symposium on evolutionary psychiatry next Monday! Ed Hagen Kristen Syme Riadh Abed Clinical Psychology - Psychotherapy Research UZH Psychiatric Research Zurich Institute of Evolutionary Medicine (IEM) ISEMPH EHBEA HBES Triangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine Evanth Society

Interested in mental health from an evolutionary perspective? Come join our symposium 'Evolutionary Psychiatry: From Theory To Therapy' featuring Ed Hagen Kristen Syme Brandon Kohrt Amber Thalmayer Riadh Abed + Marco Del Giudice! May 15 12:45-17:45 CET. uzh.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

🚨Please share widely🚨 We're looking to hire an enthusiastic PhD student working on the coordination of joint action in human children of two societies, as part of our VolkswagenStiftung-funded project on communicative plasticity in🐵🦧🗣️ Deadline June 30th. t.ly/64oLL

Anyone has recs for published literature with data on demography of CAHGs (mortality rates/life tables/ life expectancy/fertility/etc.), such as from the Aka/Baka/Bayaka/Efe/Mbuti/etc.

I've got most of the classic lit (e.g. Cavalli-Sforza) covered, but any tips are welcome 🙌🙏

Interested in studying mental health in non-industrialised populations?

Anthropologist, psychiatrist or cross-cultural psychologist?

Join our MAPPING Mental Health workshop!

May 15-19, in person in Zurich and online! See flyer and info sheet: docs.google.com/document/d/1Pp…

🥳New paper out in NBBR: Joint Action review with focus on co-representation, incl. its ontogeny and phylogeny. Check out our article for more about the link with cooperative breeding, self-other integration/distinction, and the notion of an empirical bottom-up approach. (1/2)

FULLY FUNDED #PhD position with me and Andrea Migliano at UZH Science in collaboration with Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund using mountain gorillas as a study system to examine the evolution of flexible dispersal patterns. Full information: tinyurl.com/yc2j46sd 📷Veronica Vecellio
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📢 #PhD POSITION ALERT!

Are you interested in the #evolution of #human cumulative culture, social networks, and social cognitive development in hunter-gatherers?

Apply and work with Prof. Andrea Migliano and her team at University of Zurich🇨🇭

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Hormone contraceptive use in young women: 'Women using hormone contraceptives displayed significantly higher depressive & stress scores compared to non-users. Contraceptive users also had elevated plasma cortisol and C-reactive protein levels' sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Evolutionary Psychiatry needs a podcast—I've started one!
Beginning with 21 episodes (released daily from today!) from top thinkers such as Randolph Nesse, Robin Dunbar and Martin Brüne, on topics ranging from anxiety and alcohol to hunter-gatherer life adamhunt.info/evolvingpsychi…
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'A set of principles and practical suggestions for equitable fieldwork in biology' is now out in PNASNews! pnas.org/doi/full/10.10… 1/n

Testing activity watches (HR, steps, calories, sleep, etc.). Any recs for the best ones for data export & syncing (without internet), best local storage and continuous tracking without having to engage in 'activities' at mid-range prices? Please share! :)

#EvMed #fitnesstracker

#ERCConsolidator Super happy have been awarded an ERC consolidator: COLLABORO- if you are interested in the evolution of human collaborations, and would like to do fieldwork in Congo, Philippines or Nepal with hunter-gatherer groups, keep checking I will advertise soon 6 newPhDs