Wanna get a PhD? Wanna get that PhD working on a cool project with some of my favorite people? And hang out in the amazing Centre for Culture and Evolution? But also in Glastonbury? well well well...
Happy Birthday!🥂 I would be interested to hear your discussion on the role of theory in research. Do we have too many theories or too little? Should we all strive to formalize our theories? Do our research questions need to be motivated by a theory? Something along these lines would be great
Ever wondered if farmers do in fact have higher fertility than hunter-gathers? Or, how meaningful population level subsistence typologies are for individual's fertility? If yes, then I have the paper for you! #BioAnth#anthropology#archaeology#demography#evolution 🧪👩🔬
"A socioecological perspective on the gestural communication of great ape species, individuals & social units" w @galbadihi.bsky.social@alexsafry.bsky.social@nakedprimate.bsky.socialtandfonline.com/doi/full/10....youtu.be/KuDz6yhDk0Msoundcloud.com/kirsty-graha...
This is an audio recording of the 2022 Ethology, Ecology, and Evolution paper "A socio-ecological perspective on the gestural communication of great ape species, individuals, and social units" by Kirs
New draft of a modeling paper I really love, by me and Zack Dunivin. "Dynamics of covert signaling: Modeling the emergence and extinction of identity signals." Methods! We got coupled differential equations, agent-based modeling, random forest classifiers. osf.io/preprints/ps...
A friendly reminder that we still have one postdoc position open for researchers interested in moral decision-making #socialpsyc#PsychSciSky#cogpsycwww.muni.cz/en/about-us/...
I'm hiring a post-doc for a 2-year position to study ritual, religion, & explanations of misfortune in Indonesia. Applications will be reviewed starting March 1. Please spread the word & reach out if you have questions! Job ad: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06264
Pre-registrations, materials, data, code, and preprint also available: osf.io/ahy2b/
Paper w/ R.Chvaja&@bgpurzycki.bsky.social on the role of costly signals in conflict is out. In PGG experimental setup, only extreme cooperators chose to use highly costly signals. But those that did created ultra-cooperative groups that harmed other groups through sacrifice. tinyurl.com/costlysigs
New Philosophical Transactions B issue just out on ‘Social norm change: drivers and consequences’ royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...