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The Human Behavior & Evolution Society (HBES) is an international society for scientists studying the evolution of human behavior. Find us at https://www.hbes.com, or read our journal Evolution & Human Behavior. Account managed by Yunsuh "Nike" Wee
“I thought we were just friends.”
At what age do sexual misperception biases emerge?
New research with adolescents (16–19) shows when—and how—over- and under-perception of romantic interest begins to take shape.
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At what age do sexual misperception biases emerge?
New research with adolescents (16–19) shows when—and how—over- and under-perception of romantic interest begins to take shape.
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I thought we were just friends! Emergence of Sexual Misperception Biases in Adolescence - HBES
– by Marius Stavang Imagine you’re on a movie date with someone. Everything seems to be going great. The conversation flows easily, you laugh together, you exchange smiles—there’s chemistry. After…
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January 6, 2026 at 3:01 PM
“I thought we were just friends.”
At what age do sexual misperception biases emerge?
New research with adolescents (16–19) shows when—and how—over- and under-perception of romantic interest begins to take shape.
Read more 👇
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At what age do sexual misperception biases emerge?
New research with adolescents (16–19) shows when—and how—over- and under-perception of romantic interest begins to take shape.
Read more 👇
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The Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Toulouse School of Economics offers jobs for Postdoctoral Researchers with a PhD in psychology, cognitive science, anthropology, or related disciplines.
Deadline for application: January 23, 2026
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Deadline for application: January 23, 2026
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Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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January 5, 2026 at 7:17 PM
The Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Toulouse School of Economics offers jobs for Postdoctoral Researchers with a PhD in psychology, cognitive science, anthropology, or related disciplines.
Deadline for application: January 23, 2026
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Deadline for application: January 23, 2026
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Seeing patterns where they don’t exist is deeply human—and well documented.
Now, a new study just published in E&HB shows this in children as young as 3.
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Now, a new study just published in E&HB shows this in children as young as 3.
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Hot hand thinking in children - HBES
– by Andreas Wilke People often see patterns in completely random data sets, expecting streaks and clumps where none exist. Maybe you’ve recently felt like you’re “on a roll,” or spotted an interestin...
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January 5, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Seeing patterns where they don’t exist is deeply human—and well documented.
Now, a new study just published in E&HB shows this in children as young as 3.
Read more🔗👇
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Now, a new study just published in E&HB shows this in children as young as 3.
Read more🔗👇
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New special issues in Philosophical Transactions B highlight advances in cultural evolution and why they matter for challenges like inequality, cooperation, conservation, and education.
🔹 Transforming cultural evolution research and its application to global futures
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🔹 Transforming cultural evolution research and its application to global futures
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Volume 380 Issue 1940 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B | The Royal Society
Influential themed journal issues across the life sciences.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
New special issues in Philosophical Transactions B highlight advances in cultural evolution and why they matter for challenges like inequality, cooperation, conservation, and education.
🔹 Transforming cultural evolution research and its application to global futures
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🔹 Transforming cultural evolution research and its application to global futures
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📢 Job opening: Rutgers Anthropology is hiring a Postdoctoral Associate in Evolutionary Medicine & Human Behavior
Focus: interdisciplinary research on kinship, gendered labor, disability, and evolutionary medicine.
Priority review: Jan 3, 2026.
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Focus: interdisciplinary research on kinship, gendered labor, disability, and evolutionary medicine.
Priority review: Jan 3, 2026.
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Post Doctoral Associate: Evolutionary Medicine & Human Behavior - HBES
The evolve-D lab, under the direction of Siobhán Cully in the Department of Anthropology seeks a postdoctoral researcher to join interdisciplinary projects addressing evolutionary medicine and human b...
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December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
📢 Job opening: Rutgers Anthropology is hiring a Postdoctoral Associate in Evolutionary Medicine & Human Behavior
Focus: interdisciplinary research on kinship, gendered labor, disability, and evolutionary medicine.
Priority review: Jan 3, 2026.
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Focus: interdisciplinary research on kinship, gendered labor, disability, and evolutionary medicine.
Priority review: Jan 3, 2026.
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ASU Psychology is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Scholar to study contemporary antisemitism (supervised by Drs. Neuberg & Barlev). Full-time research, NIH salary scale, start date Jan 12, 2026 (flexible).
Deadline: Dec 17, 2025.
More info: apply.interfolio.com/177756
Deadline: Dec 17, 2025.
More info: apply.interfolio.com/177756
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ASU Psychology is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Scholar to study contemporary antisemitism (supervised by Drs. Neuberg & Barlev). Full-time research, NIH salary scale, start date Jan 12, 2026 (flexible).
Deadline: Dec 17, 2025.
More info: apply.interfolio.com/177756
Deadline: Dec 17, 2025.
More info: apply.interfolio.com/177756
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This week, we talk about all things leadership with Zach Garfield. @zhgarfield.com
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Leadership with Zach Garfield
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November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This week, we talk about all things leadership with Zach Garfield. @zhgarfield.com
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Two postdoctoral opportunities in evolutionary anthropology at Duke University!
The Pontzer Lab is hiring for projects on human ecology, energetics, and aging & health.
More info: www.hbes.com/two-postdoct...
The Pontzer Lab is hiring for projects on human ecology, energetics, and aging & health.
More info: www.hbes.com/two-postdoct...
Two postdoctoral opportunities in evolutionary anthropology at Duke - HBES
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30783 Position Description The Pontzer Lab in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University seeks two Postdoctoral Associates for research in h...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Two postdoctoral opportunities in evolutionary anthropology at Duke University!
The Pontzer Lab is hiring for projects on human ecology, energetics, and aging & health.
More info: www.hbes.com/two-postdoct...
The Pontzer Lab is hiring for projects on human ecology, energetics, and aging & health.
More info: www.hbes.com/two-postdoct...
🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity in Psychology!
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher (PI: Júlia Palik).
📍 Location: Oslo, Norway
🗓️ Deadline: November 24, 2025
🔗 Apply here: www.prio.org/about/career...
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher (PI: Júlia Palik).
📍 Location: Oslo, Norway
🗓️ Deadline: November 24, 2025
🔗 Apply here: www.prio.org/about/career...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Social Psychology – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
PRIO invites applications for a 2-year, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher in social psychology/ psychology/ cognitive science or a closely related fiel ...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity in Psychology!
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher (PI: Júlia Palik).
📍 Location: Oslo, Norway
🗓️ Deadline: November 24, 2025
🔗 Apply here: www.prio.org/about/career...
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher (PI: Júlia Palik).
📍 Location: Oslo, Norway
🗓️ Deadline: November 24, 2025
🔗 Apply here: www.prio.org/about/career...
Postdoc Opportunity
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year Postdoctoral Researcher in Anthropology to work on ethnographic fieldwork in Colombia
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 24, 2025
📍 Oslo, Norway
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#Anthropology #PostdocJobs #HBES
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year Postdoctoral Researcher in Anthropology to work on ethnographic fieldwork in Colombia
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 24, 2025
📍 Oslo, Norway
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#Anthropology #PostdocJobs #HBES
Postdoctoral Researcher in Anthropology – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
PRIO invites applications for a 2-year, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher in evolutionary, cultural or social anthropology, or a closely related field, ...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Postdoc Opportunity
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year Postdoctoral Researcher in Anthropology to work on ethnographic fieldwork in Colombia
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 24, 2025
📍 Oslo, Norway
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#Anthropology #PostdocJobs #HBES
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year Postdoctoral Researcher in Anthropology to work on ethnographic fieldwork in Colombia
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 24, 2025
📍 Oslo, Norway
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#Anthropology #PostdocJobs #HBES
The 5th edition of Evolutionary Psychology by Workman and Reader is out now! 🧠🐒
Featuring the adorable Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin on the cover—symbolizing biparental care and our evolutionary kinship with other primates.
Read more 👉 www.hbes.com/evolutionary...
Featuring the adorable Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin on the cover—symbolizing biparental care and our evolutionary kinship with other primates.
Read more 👉 www.hbes.com/evolutionary...
Evolutionary Psychology, Fifth Edition, by Workman and Reader - HBES
We are pleased to announce that the fifth edition of our CUP book Evolutionary Psychology by Workman and Reader is now out and that the cover now has a lovely picture of a Golden Headed Lion Tamarin. ...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The 5th edition of Evolutionary Psychology by Workman and Reader is out now! 🧠🐒
Featuring the adorable Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin on the cover—symbolizing biparental care and our evolutionary kinship with other primates.
Read more 👉 www.hbes.com/evolutionary...
Featuring the adorable Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin on the cover—symbolizing biparental care and our evolutionary kinship with other primates.
Read more 👉 www.hbes.com/evolutionary...
Why do women spend so much more on cosmetics than men? Jun-Hong Kim (2025) argues that the answer lies in male choice, paternal investment, and economic inequality. 🧵👇
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Paternal investment and economic inequality predict cross-cultural variation in male choice - HBES
— by Jun-Hong Kim Over 95% of placental mammals are polygynous, with females bearing sole responsibility for rearing offspring. This stems from the reproductive characteristics of placental mammals. F...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Why do women spend so much more on cosmetics than men? Jun-Hong Kim (2025) argues that the answer lies in male choice, paternal investment, and economic inequality. 🧵👇
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I’m recruiting #PhD students to join my Lab for Infant Learning and Cognition (LILAC) at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social! We study how infants learn about the natural world from others 🌱 If you’re interested in #devpsych, #EvPsych, and #infantstudies, please reach out and apply! More info below (1/2)
October 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I’m recruiting #PhD students to join my Lab for Infant Learning and Cognition (LILAC) at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social! We study how infants learn about the natural world from others 🌱 If you’re interested in #devpsych, #EvPsych, and #infantstudies, please reach out and apply! More info below (1/2)
Participants smelled T-shirts worn by men and rated how dominant or prestigious each wearer seemed based on scent.
The higher a man’s testosterone, the more dominant his scent was perceived to be.
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The higher a man’s testosterone, the more dominant his scent was perceived to be.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Participants smelled T-shirts worn by men and rated how dominant or prestigious each wearer seemed based on scent.
The higher a man’s testosterone, the more dominant his scent was perceived to be.
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The higher a man’s testosterone, the more dominant his scent was perceived to be.
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📢 Job opening: Penn State Psychology is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Quantitative/Computational Psychology
Focus: using advanced methods to study complex social, cognitive, & behavioral phenomena.
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Focus: using advanced methods to study complex social, cognitive, & behavioral phenomena.
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Assistant Professor of Quantitative/Computational Psychology - Penn State - HBES
The Department of Psychology at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, invites applications for a full-time Assistant Professor of Quantitative/Computational Psychology. The position…
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October 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
📢 Job opening: Penn State Psychology is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Quantitative/Computational Psychology
Focus: using advanced methods to study complex social, cognitive, & behavioral phenomena.
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Focus: using advanced methods to study complex social, cognitive, & behavioral phenomena.
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📢 Job opening: Penn State Anthropology & Social Science Research Institute are hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Human Reproductive Ecology
Focus: social & ecological determinants of reproductive health across diverse populations.
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Focus: social & ecological determinants of reproductive health across diverse populations.
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology - Penn State - HBES
The Department of Anthropology (https://anth.la.psu.edu/) and the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI: https://ssri.psu.edu/) at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park invites…
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October 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📢 Job opening: Penn State Anthropology & Social Science Research Institute are hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Human Reproductive Ecology
Focus: social & ecological determinants of reproductive health across diverse populations.
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Focus: social & ecological determinants of reproductive health across diverse populations.
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📢 Job opening: Penn State Anthropology is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Archaeology
Focus: sociopolitical stratification, human–environment interactions, & evolutionary variability.
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Focus: sociopolitical stratification, human–environment interactions, & evolutionary variability.
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Assistant Professor of Archaeology - Penn State - HBES
The Department of Anthropology at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park (https://anth.la.psu.edu/) invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position, at the rank of Assistant…
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October 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📢 Job opening: Penn State Anthropology is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Archaeology
Focus: sociopolitical stratification, human–environment interactions, & evolutionary variability.
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Focus: sociopolitical stratification, human–environment interactions, & evolutionary variability.
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Big news! HBES President Ed Hagen has been awarded the inaugural Evolution in the Public Eye Award 🎉
The EPE Award honors outstanding contributions to the public understanding of evolutionary perspectives on behavior. For more information, follow this: sites.lsa.umich.edu/ehap/evoluti...
The EPE Award honors outstanding contributions to the public understanding of evolutionary perspectives on behavior. For more information, follow this: sites.lsa.umich.edu/ehap/evoluti...
EPE Award | Evolution and Human Adaptation Program
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September 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Big news! HBES President Ed Hagen has been awarded the inaugural Evolution in the Public Eye Award 🎉
The EPE Award honors outstanding contributions to the public understanding of evolutionary perspectives on behavior. For more information, follow this: sites.lsa.umich.edu/ehap/evoluti...
The EPE Award honors outstanding contributions to the public understanding of evolutionary perspectives on behavior. For more information, follow this: sites.lsa.umich.edu/ehap/evoluti...
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🔗 Submit here: airess.fgses-um6p.ma/hbes2026
We look forward to your contributions to HBES2026!
#HBES2026
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We look forward to your contributions to HBES2026!
#HBES2026
September 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Full guidelines and requirements are available on the conference website.
🔗 Submit here: airess.fgses-um6p.ma/hbes2026
We look forward to your contributions to HBES2026!
#HBES2026
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We look forward to your contributions to HBES2026!
#HBES2026
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#NowHiring: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of #Anthropology (Health) – BowdoinCollege in #BrunswickME
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Bowdoin College Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Health) - Brunswick, Maine job with Bowdoin College, Department of Anthropology | 693747
Bowdoin seeks a TT Asst Professor cultural anthropologist whose research and teaching focus on health, medicine, or well-being.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
#NowHiring: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of #Anthropology (Health) – BowdoinCollege in #BrunswickME
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🚨 TT job alert! 🚨 The University of Florida is hiring an Assistant Professor in Social Psychology; open to ALL AREAS within social psych.
Review begins 10/10.
Job ad here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
I'm co-chair of the search committee and happy to answer questions! 🧵
Review begins 10/10.
Job ad here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
I'm co-chair of the search committee and happy to answer questions! 🧵
September 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🚨 TT job alert! 🚨 The University of Florida is hiring an Assistant Professor in Social Psychology; open to ALL AREAS within social psych.
Review begins 10/10.
Job ad here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
I'm co-chair of the search committee and happy to answer questions! 🧵
Review begins 10/10.
Job ad here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
I'm co-chair of the search committee and happy to answer questions! 🧵
📊 HBES 2025 Conference Survey Results are out!
Read the highlights from member feedback after our Atlantic City meeting:
Read the highlights from member feedback after our Atlantic City meeting:
HBES 2025 Conference Survey Results - HBES
HBES Members, I am writing in my capacity as Communications Officer to share with you survey results about our recent meeting in Atlantic City. We had 127 responses, most of whom are faculty at…
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August 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
📊 HBES 2025 Conference Survey Results are out!
Read the highlights from member feedback after our Atlantic City meeting:
Read the highlights from member feedback after our Atlantic City meeting:
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These job ads have now been posted! 🎉
Social/Personality: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05020
Biological Basis of Behavior: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05054
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Social/Personality: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05020
Biological Basis of Behavior: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05054
Please spread the word!
August 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
These job ads have now been posted! 🎉
Social/Personality: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05020
Biological Basis of Behavior: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05054
Please spread the word!
Social/Personality: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05020
Biological Basis of Behavior: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05054
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What happens to mate preference evolution when people choose partners based on up to ten traits instead of just one or two? Does multivariate mate choice weaken preference evolution? Learn more in Kaitlyn Harper et al.’s latest #HBESblog:
Too Many Preferences, Too Little Evolution: Multivariate Mate Choice and the Limits of Mate Preference Evolution - HBES
– by Kaitlyn Harper As evolutionary psychologists, we love a good story about sexual selection. They usually go like this: humans have evolved to prefer a given trait (e.g. intelligence, facial…
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August 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
What happens to mate preference evolution when people choose partners based on up to ten traits instead of just one or two? Does multivariate mate choice weaken preference evolution? Learn more in Kaitlyn Harper et al.’s latest #HBESblog: