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Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, UCL

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Ruth Mace FBA is a British anthropologist, biologist, and academic. She specialises in the evolutionary ecology of human demography and life history, and phylogenetic approaches to culture and language evolution. Since 2004, she has been Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at University College London. .. more

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Ruth Mace @ruthmace.bsky.social · 21h
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Ruth Mace @ruthmace.bsky.social · 22h
Port from the cellar…. Happy Christmas!

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Ruth Mace @ruthmace.bsky.social · 9d
Dogs who were bred to cooperate with us will pay attention, whatever we say to them with any kind of intonation. New paper by Petra Dobos et al | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Do ostensive verbal signals have a unique importance when communicating with dogs? | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
Do ostensive verbal signals have a unique importance when communicating with dogs? - Volume 7
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Ruth Mace @ruthmace.bsky.social · 9d
Really looking for to the evolutionary demography conference in Fort Collins in June! Includes lots of human evolutionary demography interest (and not far from Yellowstone...)
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The meeting will start on Tuesday morning and will end on Thursday evening, June 16-18th 2026 .  All sessions will take place at the Lory Student Center at Colorado State University in Fort Collins,.....
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Ruth Mace @ruthmace.bsky.social · 12d
Happy Christmas!

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Jeanne Bovet @jeannebovet.bsky.social · 15d
Don’t forget to submit your #EHBEA2026 abstract before Dec 15! See you in beautiful Leiden in April! @ehbea2026.bsky.social @ehbea.bsky.social

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Ruth Mace @ruthmace.bsky.social · 22d
Quantitative-genetic analysis of directional adaptation suggests low maximum sustainable rates of change in agreement with data from field populations. Mark Pagel et al. Sci Rep 15, 43116 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Quantitative-genetic analysis of directional adaptation suggests low maximum sustainable rates of change in agreement with data from field populations - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Quantitative-genetic analysis of directional adaptation suggests low maximum sustainable rates of change in agreement with data from field populations
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Ruth Mace @ruthmace.bsky.social · 22d
Three evolutionary radiations shaped the evolution of global religious diversity | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Three evolutionary radiations shaped the evolution of global religious diversity | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
Three evolutionary radiations shaped the evolution of global religious diversity - Volume 7
www.cambridge.org

Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Ruth Mace, Stephen D. Murphy

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Alan Rogers @alanrogers.bsky.social · 29d
I taught (and co-taught) a course on human population genetics from 2000-2024. Having retired, I'm now making all the course materials public: github.com/alanrogers/p... #popgen #evbio
GitHub - alanrogers/popgen: A course on population genetics
A course on population genetics. Contribute to alanrogers/popgen development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Mélusine Boon-Falleur @boonfalleur.bsky.social · Nov 26
Happy to share our latest study published in PNAS.

Using data from 274,316 French students, we find that lower-SES students are less likely to wait for better university offers, even when waiting would lead to more prestigious or better-fit programs.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Waiting time during admission procedures increases social inequalities in higher education | PNAS
Many domains in life require people to wait to access better outcomes, such as waiting in line to access prized tickets for a show, waiting to obta...
www.pnas.org

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Ruth Mace @ruthmace.bsky.social · Nov 19
'The manosphere’s enthusiasm for evolution goes beyond appropriation and selective interpretation of existing research' New paper by LouisBachaud et al | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A hundred and two just-so stories: exploring the lay evolutionary hypotheses of the manosphere | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
A hundred and two just-so stories: exploring the lay evolutionary hypotheses of the manosphere - Volume 7
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Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) @tse-fr.eu · Nov 19
Apply now to our next Summer School! 🤝

We are glad to host the Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences from 26 May to 19 June 2026 — a great opportunity for PhD students in economics, political science, and other social sciences.

Application: www.tse-fr.eu/toulouse-sum...

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Ruth Mace @ruthmace.bsky.social · Nov 18
I love the British Library. Every day it is packed with people young and old. The architecture is great. The exhibitions are great. It is one of the best bits of cultural infrastructure that got built in the last few decades. It needs to be OK!
hetanshah.bsky.social Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Nov 18
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Nov 18
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com

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Ruth Mace @ruthmace.bsky.social · Nov 17
Tomorrow Tuesday @UCLanthropology evo anth seminar: Eleanore Rolland. ‘Maternal styles in chimpanzees’ DFL 3.30-5pm followed by🍷 All welcome
www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Nov 16
This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment
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