Francesco d'Errico, Ivan Colage', and I wrote a paper on the evolution of #collectiveintelligence, epistemic #nicheconstruction, and the material traces of #hominin alterations to informational landscapes.

Forthcoming in PTRS B!

Preprint 🔗👇

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🧪🏺 #philsky #paleosky #evosky

Gerd Gigerenzer delivering his keynote lecture at #CBEN, Antwerp on Ecological Rationality and Evolutionary Psychology.

"Modelling a world of uncertainty by simple risk problems is a waste of time"

#evosky #heuristics #philcogsci 🧪

@zannaclay.bsky.social delivering the first Frans de Waal lecture at #CBEN in Antwerp. Terrific talk on the evolution of empathy and a fantastic homage to Frans de Waal's work and legacy. #evosky #philsky #animalbehaviour 🧪

Jorg Massen (University of Utrecht) arguing against the use of questionnaire data to address questions of comparative personality in primatology (macaques).

#evosky #comparativepsychology
#animalbehaviour 🧪

At the Annual Conference of the Cognition & Behavior Evolution Network in Antwerp.

Very interesting talk by Willem Frankehuis on the evolution of sensitive periods.

There's a postdoc vacancy at the University of Amsterdam to work on this!

#evosky #philbio 🧪

Deeply inspired by the excellent Israeli scholars at #ISHPSSB2025 who have not remained silent about the horrors and war crimes happening in the Gaza strip. Thank you for continuing to raise your voices and uphold the values of academia.
None of us should stay silent.
@duhe.bsky.social

Evening shot of the Perspectives crowd—it really captures the spirit.
@alejandrofabregastejeda.com @olesyabondarenko.bsky.social @celsoneto.bsky.social @liabetti.bsky.social

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#philsky #paleosky #philbio #philsci

Put a bunch of curious philosophers and paleoanthropologists in a room, and magic happens. ✨ The Perspectives Workshop was an absolute joy — thanks to all the participants for making it such a memorable and inspiring experience!

#philsky #paleosky #philbio

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The link provides free access to the paper until Feb 5 (though it should stay OA even after that!).

[Image: Upper Paleolithic mother and child by Tom Björklund.]