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International Remote Seminar on Frontiers in Social Evolution (FINE).
https://www.socialevolutionseminar.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@seminaronfrontiersinsocial1478
The FINE Seminar allows students and researchers from all over the world to meet online.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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Special FINE 30th September 2025
17:00 Paris / 11:00 New York
60min panel talks followed by 60min general discussion

Zoom link opens at 16 :45 /10:45
urosario.zoom.us/j/83337249371
Meeting ID: 833 3724 9371

YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/channel/UClX...
September 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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DONT miss todays FINE

23rd September, James Tumulty, Rhodes College, USA

Title: Evidence of a selective link between cooperation and individual recognition in a paper wasp.

Live on YoutTube 11:00 New York / 17:00 Paris
www.youtube.com/channel/UClX...
September 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Today FINE
9th September, Adam Reddon, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
17:00 Paris / 11:00 New York

Title: Conflict management in social fishes
Zoom link opens at 16 :45 /10:45 urosario.zoom.us/j/82256099694
September 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Join us tomorrow for the first FINE of the Fall 2025:

2nd September, Andrew Bass, Cornell University (USA)

Title: Crystal Clear Brains: Benefits & Tradeoffs of Miniaturization in Danionella Fishes

When: 2nd September, presentation starts at 11:00 NYC / 17:00 Paris.
September 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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September 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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FINE Fall 2025 will start in just 4 weeks.
Here is the preliminary program.
Stay tuned!
August 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Here is a first glimpse of our program in fall, FINE season 11. The full program will be available in August.
May 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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TODAYS FINE 11:00 New York / 17:00 Paeris

Geoff While, University of Tasmania, Australia

The Evolutionary Ecology of Family Living in Lizards

Australian lizards exhibit remarkable diversity in social organization based around family life.

YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/channel/UClX...
May 20, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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TODAYS FINE, May 13th 2025, 11 AM NYC / 5 PM Paris
Erin Siracussa, University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Title: Social ageing: Toward a deeper understanding of the intersection between sociality and senescence

YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/channel/UClX...
May 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Tuesday, May 6th 2025, 11 AM NYC / 5 PM Paris
Eli Strauss, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Germany

Title: Exploring nepotistic societies with spotted hyenas

Live on zoom for subscribers.
YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/channel/UClX...
May 6, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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TODAYS FINE

April 29th 2025, Isabella Capelini, Queens University, Belfast, Ireland
Title: Drivers and consequences of the evolution of parental care diversity in amphibians.

How to attend:
YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/channel/UClX...

Zoom: Ask for the link
April 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Todays FINE
FINE SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT

April 22nd, Martín Kowaleski

Title: Life history traits and social dynamics in black and gold howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) in northern Argentina

April 22nd, presentation starts at 11:00 NYC / 17:00 Paris.

YouTube www.youtube.com/channel/UClX...
April 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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April 15th, Mike Webster, Cornell University, USA
Starts at 11:00 NYC / 17:00 Paris.

Title: Sexual signals & divergence in Australian fairywrens: From fenes to behavior to speciation

Theory suggests that social interactions play a critical role in the process of speciation.
April 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Todays FINE

April 1st 2025, Camille Testard, Harvard University, USA

Title: Neuroethology of sociality and its role in environmental resilience

YouTube www.youtube.com/channel/UClX...
April 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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March 25th 2025, Mickey Pardo, Cornell University, USA
11 AM NYC / 4 PM Paris

Title: Elephant vocal communication: A promising model for language evolution.

YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/channel/UClX...
March 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Todays FINE:
Tuesday, March 18th 2025, 11 AM NYC / 5 PM Paris
Vincent Formica, Swarthmore College, USA

Title: Population age structure changes the shape of beetle society and the landscape of social selection

Register to get the zoom link, or watch on youtube www.youtube.com/channel/UClX...
March 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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FINE SEMINAR
Today 11 AM NYC / 5 PM Paris

Jonathan Henshaw, University of Freiburg, Germany
Title: Who cares and why? The coevolution of parental care and mating competition

YouTube . www.youtube.com/channel/UClX....
To get the zoom link, email us at social.evolution.seminar@gnail.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Today the 10th season of FINE starts with an exciting talk by Hal Whitehead:

Sperm whale clans and human societies

Summary: Sperm whale society is structured into clans that are primarily distinguished by vocal dialects, which may be symbolic markers of clan identity.
February 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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FINE starts again next week with exciting free online seminars.
In its 10th season we will hear about whales, parental care, neuroethology, aging, group-living lizards and much more!
February 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM