why has no-one written a book on the evolution of cooperation titled "Decent with Modification"?
#evolution #culturalevolution
#evolution #culturalevolution
November 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
why has no-one written a book on the evolution of cooperation titled "Decent with Modification"?
#evolution #culturalevolution
#evolution #culturalevolution
Just 1 week to apply! 4 year @erc.europa.eu funded PhD position working in an interdisciplinary team to study #culturalEvolution as a process of reuse, recombination, and creative re-engineering of past solutions. Details 👉 hmc-lab.com/ERCPhDCultur... 🙏Please share!
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Just 1 week to apply! 4 year @erc.europa.eu funded PhD position working in an interdisciplinary team to study #culturalEvolution as a process of reuse, recombination, and creative re-engineering of past solutions. Details 👉 hmc-lab.com/ERCPhDCultur... 🙏Please share!
Across 90 societies, social norms have softened: people are freer, but also more mindful of harm. A new global study reveals how the moral rules of everyday life are quietly evolving. #CulturalEvolution #SocialNorms #Anthropology #HumanBehavior www.anthropology.net/p/the-age-of...
The Age of Permission: How the Rules That Shape Everyday Life Are Changing
A sweeping global study reveals that human societies have grown more tolerant of individual freedom—but less forgiving of inconsiderate behavior.
www.anthropology.net
October 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Across 90 societies, social norms have softened: people are freer, but also more mindful of harm. A new global study reveals how the moral rules of everyday life are quietly evolving. #CulturalEvolution #SocialNorms #Anthropology #HumanBehavior www.anthropology.net/p/the-age-of...
Fun bet on scientific prediction :)
Take-home message resonates well with ideas in #culturalevolution and #developmentalpsychology, mental skills take time to learn, need social input, & they don't mature spontaneously. Challenging to pinpoint their genetics.
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Take-home message resonates well with ideas in #culturalevolution and #developmentalpsychology, mental skills take time to learn, need social input, & they don't mature spontaneously. Challenging to pinpoint their genetics.
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Your Genes Are Simply Not Enough to Explain How Smart You Are
Seven years ago, I took a bet with Charles Murray about whether we’d basically understand the genetics of intelligence by now.
www.theatlantic.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Fun bet on scientific prediction :)
Take-home message resonates well with ideas in #culturalevolution and #developmentalpsychology, mental skills take time to learn, need social input, & they don't mature spontaneously. Challenging to pinpoint their genetics.
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Take-home message resonates well with ideas in #culturalevolution and #developmentalpsychology, mental skills take time to learn, need social input, & they don't mature spontaneously. Challenging to pinpoint their genetics.
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
#change #CulturalEvolution #AnimalRights #humanrights
#CulturalRevolution #meat
What is legal, normal, or the way it's been done for a long time - does not necessarily equate to moral or ethical.
#CulturalRevolution #meat
What is legal, normal, or the way it's been done for a long time - does not necessarily equate to moral or ethical.
December 11, 2024 at 10:12 PM
#change #CulturalEvolution #AnimalRights #humanrights
#CulturalRevolution #meat
What is legal, normal, or the way it's been done for a long time - does not necessarily equate to moral or ethical.
#CulturalRevolution #meat
What is legal, normal, or the way it's been done for a long time - does not necessarily equate to moral or ethical.
Korean catholic pilgrim, Medugorje, Bosnia, 2024. From my photography project on religion as a central artefact within the evolution of culture.
#religion #bosnia #culturalevolution #pilgrims #medugorje
#religion #bosnia #culturalevolution #pilgrims #medugorje
June 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Korean catholic pilgrim, Medugorje, Bosnia, 2024. From my photography project on religion as a central artefact within the evolution of culture.
#religion #bosnia #culturalevolution #pilgrims #medugorje
#religion #bosnia #culturalevolution #pilgrims #medugorje
Qiankun Zhong - Very interesting talk on #AI & #CulturalEvolution
👉 groups that use AI Helpers, the variance generated by human exploration is preserved within the group
👉 In the long run, this variance can lead to more cumulative cultural evolution in these groups
#ehbea #ehbea2025
👉 groups that use AI Helpers, the variance generated by human exploration is preserved within the group
👉 In the long run, this variance can lead to more cumulative cultural evolution in these groups
#ehbea #ehbea2025
April 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Qiankun Zhong - Very interesting talk on #AI & #CulturalEvolution
👉 groups that use AI Helpers, the variance generated by human exploration is preserved within the group
👉 In the long run, this variance can lead to more cumulative cultural evolution in these groups
#ehbea #ehbea2025
👉 groups that use AI Helpers, the variance generated by human exploration is preserved within the group
👉 In the long run, this variance can lead to more cumulative cultural evolution in these groups
#ehbea #ehbea2025
An age-old pattern in #culturalevolution - see graph :) - that at the current scale is problematic
Graphs from: Enquist et al. 2008 Why does human culture increase exponentially? Theoretical population biology, 74(1), 46-55.
Graphs from: Enquist et al. 2008 Why does human culture increase exponentially? Theoretical population biology, 74(1), 46-55.
November 26, 2024 at 7:38 AM
An age-old pattern in #culturalevolution - see graph :) - that at the current scale is problematic
Graphs from: Enquist et al. 2008 Why does human culture increase exponentially? Theoretical population biology, 74(1), 46-55.
Graphs from: Enquist et al. 2008 Why does human culture increase exponentially? Theoretical population biology, 74(1), 46-55.
Job offer! 2-year postdoc on analysis of social media from a cultural evolution perspective. More details at the link. Contact me if interested - please share!
#CulturalEvolution #cssky
acerbialberto.com/post/2023_po...
#CulturalEvolution #cssky
acerbialberto.com/post/2023_po...
Postdoc position | Alberto Acerbi
Interested in analysis of social media data from a cultural evolution perspective?
acerbialberto.com
October 11, 2023 at 12:27 PM
Job offer! 2-year postdoc on analysis of social media from a cultural evolution perspective. More details at the link. Contact me if interested - please share!
#CulturalEvolution #cssky
acerbialberto.com/post/2023_po...
#CulturalEvolution #cssky
acerbialberto.com/post/2023_po...
🧪Abstract submission now open for the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association's annual conference! #BioAnth #CulturalEvolution #EvPsych #Psychology #Primatology
We are thrilled to announce that the Call for Abstracts for #EHBEA2024 is now open! Come join us in the picturesque and sunny city of Montpellier! To submit an abstract and/or register for the conference go to our dedicated website ehbea2024.com #BioAnth #CuluralEvolution #EvPsych
October 17, 2023 at 12:42 PM
🧪Abstract submission now open for the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association's annual conference! #BioAnth #CulturalEvolution #EvPsych #Psychology #Primatology
🌿What if the biggest challenges of our time - climate, inequality, polarization - could only be solved together?
ProSocial World helps teams, organizations, and communities evolve stronger.
#CollectiveImpact #CulturalEvolution #AdaptiveLeadership #ProSocialWorld
ProSocial World helps teams, organizations, and communities evolve stronger.
#CollectiveImpact #CulturalEvolution #AdaptiveLeadership #ProSocialWorld
July 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🌿What if the biggest challenges of our time - climate, inequality, polarization - could only be solved together?
ProSocial World helps teams, organizations, and communities evolve stronger.
#CollectiveImpact #CulturalEvolution #AdaptiveLeadership #ProSocialWorld
ProSocial World helps teams, organizations, and communities evolve stronger.
#CollectiveImpact #CulturalEvolution #AdaptiveLeadership #ProSocialWorld
. #CulturalEvolution people! I am analyzing a transmission chain study where participants receive navigation instructions to find a goal (in one of 2 conditions), find it, then produce instructions for a similar task for the next generation, and draw a map (untransmitted). I can 1/
August 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
. #CulturalEvolution people! I am analyzing a transmission chain study where participants receive navigation instructions to find a goal (in one of 2 conditions), find it, then produce instructions for a similar task for the next generation, and draw a map (untransmitted). I can 1/
New paper out!
"Large language models show human-like content biases in transmission chain experiments"
#CulturalEvolution #cssky 🧪
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"Large language models show human-like content biases in transmission chain experiments"
#CulturalEvolution #cssky 🧪
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
October 27, 2023 at 7:27 AM
New paper out!
"Large language models show human-like content biases in transmission chain experiments"
#CulturalEvolution #cssky 🧪
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"Large language models show human-like content biases in transmission chain experiments"
#CulturalEvolution #cssky 🧪
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We also dabble in 🏥 health and wellbeing ⚕️ in CCE
Drawing on perspectives from #culturalevolution, medical Anth and #publichealth
Mícheál De Barra researchers maladaptive ideas about health and infant feeding, *unusual* medical treatments (🪱 anyone?) as well as public health communication
Drawing on perspectives from #culturalevolution, medical Anth and #publichealth
Mícheál De Barra researchers maladaptive ideas about health and infant feeding, *unusual* medical treatments (🪱 anyone?) as well as public health communication
Dr Micheal De Barra | Brunel University London
My research is concerned with health and behaviour, and it often takes an evolutionary approach
www.brunel.ac.uk
September 16, 2024 at 1:40 PM
We also dabble in 🏥 health and wellbeing ⚕️ in CCE
Drawing on perspectives from #culturalevolution, medical Anth and #publichealth
Mícheál De Barra researchers maladaptive ideas about health and infant feeding, *unusual* medical treatments (🪱 anyone?) as well as public health communication
Drawing on perspectives from #culturalevolution, medical Anth and #publichealth
Mícheál De Barra researchers maladaptive ideas about health and infant feeding, *unusual* medical treatments (🪱 anyone?) as well as public health communication
It's nice to see a little uplifting news for a change.
www.livescience.com/animals/orca...
www.livescience.com/animals/orca...
Orcas sink another boat in Europe after a nearly hour-long attack
For the fourth time in two years, a group of unusually brazen orcas in southwestern Europe have sunk a sailing boat after relentlessly attacking it for almost an hour on Halloween.
www.livescience.com
November 6, 2023 at 10:05 PM
This is a great position, with a fantastic PI and exciting research group - anyone into agent based modelling take a look! #culturalevolution #evoanth #ABM
Reupping this POSTDOC position
- deadline Dec 20th
Some more info 👇 1/3
- deadline Dec 20th
Some more info 👇 1/3
Modeller? Interested in linguistic diversity? *Postdoc* position on DYNAMICS OF MULTILINGUALISM available in my group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit... 2 yrs working with an international & interdisciplinary team led by @justynaolko.bsky.social
December 14, 2024 at 5:06 PM
This is a great position, with a fantastic PI and exciting research group - anyone into agent based modelling take a look! #culturalevolution #evoanth #ABM
🔥 Adapt. Evolve. Thrive. 🔥
tatanka.site/adaptations/
#AdaptAndThrive #AIInnovation #Resilience #CulturalEvolution #MusicAsResistance #FutureOfAI #Transformation #CreativeRebellion #AdaptabilityMatters #DeepDive #ChangeIsNow
tatanka.site/adaptations/
#AdaptAndThrive #AIInnovation #Resilience #CulturalEvolution #MusicAsResistance #FutureOfAI #Transformation #CreativeRebellion #AdaptabilityMatters #DeepDive #ChangeIsNow
April 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
*JOB ALERT* 3-yr postdoc available for a modeller/computational scientist on Evolutionary Dynamics of Multilingualism an international, interdisciplinary ERC funded project led by Heidi Colleran! Deadline October 1st! #BioAnth #CulturalEvolution #Modelling #Linguistics www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
www.eva.mpg.de
September 5, 2023 at 12:59 PM
*JOB ALERT* 3-yr postdoc available for a modeller/computational scientist on Evolutionary Dynamics of Multilingualism an international, interdisciplinary ERC funded project led by Heidi Colleran! Deadline October 1st! #BioAnth #CulturalEvolution #Modelling #Linguistics www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
#Hominins
#culturalevolution
In the Olduvai Gorge, "early Acheulean toolmakers [mostly from elephant and hippopotamus bones] unravelled technological repertoires that were previously thought to have appeared routinely more than 1 million years later" in Europe and China.
#culturalevolution
In the Olduvai Gorge, "early Acheulean toolmakers [mostly from elephant and hippopotamus bones] unravelled technological repertoires that were previously thought to have appeared routinely more than 1 million years later" in Europe and China.
Systematic bone tool production at 1.5 million years ago - Nature
Bone tools shaped by knapping found within Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania precede any other evidence of systematic bone tool production by more than 1 million years.
www.nature.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#Hominins
#culturalevolution
In the Olduvai Gorge, "early Acheulean toolmakers [mostly from elephant and hippopotamus bones] unravelled technological repertoires that were previously thought to have appeared routinely more than 1 million years later" in Europe and China.
#culturalevolution
In the Olduvai Gorge, "early Acheulean toolmakers [mostly from elephant and hippopotamus bones] unravelled technological repertoires that were previously thought to have appeared routinely more than 1 million years later" in Europe and China.
Public art is transforming Redondo Beach, reflecting our community's values and sparking meaningful conversations about identity and memory.
Learn more here!
#RedondoBeachCityLosAngelesCounty #CA #CitizenPortal #CulturalEvolution #CommunityExpression #ArtisticCollaboration
Learn more here!
#RedondoBeachCityLosAngelesCounty #CA #CitizenPortal #CulturalEvolution #CommunityExpression #ArtisticCollaboration
Eleanor Hartney discusses evolving definitions of public art in Philadelphia
Public art shapes community values and reflects societal changes in Philadelphia.
citizenportal.ai
May 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Public art is transforming Redondo Beach, reflecting our community's values and sparking meaningful conversations about identity and memory.
Learn more here!
#RedondoBeachCityLosAngelesCounty #CA #CitizenPortal #CulturalEvolution #CommunityExpression #ArtisticCollaboration
Learn more here!
#RedondoBeachCityLosAngelesCounty #CA #CitizenPortal #CulturalEvolution #CommunityExpression #ArtisticCollaboration
Nominate yourself to be the President-Elect (and then President), or Student Rep, of the Cultural Evolution Society!
More info here:
culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...
Nomination form here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#culturalevolution #culturalevolutionsiciety
More info here:
culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...
Nomination form here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#culturalevolution #culturalevolutionsiciety
Nominations open for President-Elect and Student Rep - Cultural Evolution Society
culturalevolutionsociety.org
May 23, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Nominate yourself to be the President-Elect (and then President), or Student Rep, of the Cultural Evolution Society!
More info here:
culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...
Nomination form here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#culturalevolution #culturalevolutionsiciety
More info here:
culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...
Nomination form here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#culturalevolution #culturalevolutionsiciety
Hosted by CCE you will benefit from the diverse expertise of world-leading researchers in cross-cultural and evolutionary approaches We span #evolpsych #bioanth #culturalevolution #HBE #crossculturalpsych making us a unique and dynamic hub
June 19, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Hosted by CCE you will benefit from the diverse expertise of world-leading researchers in cross-cultural and evolutionary approaches We span #evolpsych #bioanth #culturalevolution #HBE #crossculturalpsych making us a unique and dynamic hub
2/3 🥼With fieldwork in rural Poland and Vanuatu, Dr. Colleran brings global insights on how social environments shape family and reproduction across cultures. Her work offers a unique lens into #CulturalEvolution & population dynamics #EHBEA2025 #Anthropology
@heidicolleran.bsky.social
@heidicolleran.bsky.social
October 28, 2024 at 11:59 AM
2/3 🥼With fieldwork in rural Poland and Vanuatu, Dr. Colleran brings global insights on how social environments shape family and reproduction across cultures. Her work offers a unique lens into #CulturalEvolution & population dynamics #EHBEA2025 #Anthropology
@heidicolleran.bsky.social
@heidicolleran.bsky.social
Quite pleased with this paper. Usually in #culturalevolution experiments, people choose who to copy. We flipped it so that people chose with whom to share their information. Sharers got reputation increases for sharing, which we expected would allow partner choice, i.e. people share with sharers.
Cumulative cultural evolution is facilitated by relatively indiscriminate information sharing rather than reputation-based partner choice: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/jt8fg_v1
June 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Quite pleased with this paper. Usually in #culturalevolution experiments, people choose who to copy. We flipped it so that people chose with whom to share their information. Sharers got reputation increases for sharing, which we expected would allow partner choice, i.e. people share with sharers.