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The EVApeCognition dataset is an open-access repository compiling 18 years of experimental data on great ape behavior and cognition. It integrates 262 experimental datasets from 150 publications, encompassing studies of over 80 great apes to analyze how these animals think, learn, and perceive the world.
#ComparativePsychology #EvolutionaryBiology #BiologicalAnthropology #BehavioralSciences #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/psy04212601.html

The EVApeCognition dataset is an open-access repository compiling 18 years of experimental data on great ape behavior and cognition. It integrates 262 experimental datasets from 150 publications, encompassing studies of over 80 great apes to analyze how these animals think, learn, and perceive the world.
#ComparativePsychology #EvolutionaryBiology #BiologicalAnthropology #BehavioralSciences #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/psy04212601.html

The EVApeCognition dataset is an open-access repository compiling 18 years of experimental data on great ape behavior and cognition. It integrates 262 experimental datasets from 150 publications, encompassing studies of over 80 great apes to analyze how these animals think, learn, and perceive the world.
#ComparativePsychology #EvolutionaryBiology #BiologicalAnthropology #BehavioralSciences #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/psy04212601.html

The EVApeCognition dataset is an open-access repository compiling 18 years of experimental data on great ape behavior and cognition. It integrates 262 experimental datasets from 150 publications, encompassing studies of over 80 great apes to analyze how these animals think, learn, and perceive the world.
#ComparativePsychology #EvolutionaryBiology #BiologicalAnthropology #BehavioralSciences #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/psy04212601.html

The EVApeCognition dataset is an open-access repository compiling 18 years of experimental data on great ape behavior and cognition. It integrates 262 experimental datasets from 150 publications, encompassing studies of over 80 great apes to analyze how these animals think, learn, and perceive the world.
#ComparativePsychology #EvolutionaryBiology #BiologicalAnthropology #BehavioralSciences #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/psy04212601.html

Genetic analyses of ancient skeletons from a megalithic tomb in France reveal a dramatic population collapse during the "Neolithic decline" around 3000 BC, which was subsequently followed by the immigration and genetic replacement by a distinct population from southern Europe.
Archaeogenetics #Archaeology #Paleopathology #EvolutionaryBiology, #BiologicalAnthropology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/arch04202601.html

https://www.europesays.com/ie/392244/ Local agricultural transition, crisis and migration in the Southern Andes #Archaeology #BiologicalAnthropology #Éire #HumanitiesAndSocialSciences #IE #InterdisciplinaryStudies #Ireland #multidisciplinary #PopulationGenetics #Science

https://www.europesays.com/ie/277562/ Ancient DNA and isotope data reflect social diversity in an Eastern Zhou cemetery #Archaeology #BehavioralSciences #BiologicalAnthropology #Éire #ExperimentalPsychology #general #IE #Ireland #LifeSciences #Microeconomics #Neurosciences #PersonalityAndSocialPsychology #Science

Culture is critical in driving orangutan diet development past individual potentials

Ethics statement Approval for data collection protocols at Suaq was provided by the Indonesian State Ministry for Resea…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #animalbehaviour #BehavioralSciences #Behaviouralecology #Biologicalanthropology #culturalevolution #ExperimentalPsychology #GB #general #LifeSciences #Microeconomics #Neurosciences #PersonalityandSocialPsychology #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/283148/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/592745/ Culture is critical in driving orangutan diet development past individual potentials #AnimalBehaviour #BehavioralSciences #BehaviouralEcology #BiologicalAnthropology #CulturalEvolution #ExperimentalPsychology #general #LifeSciences #Microeconomics #Neurosciences #PersonalityAndSocialPsychology #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom

The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps

Sample collection Human developmental stages E45–E72 were obtained from first-trimester termination procedures conducted at the Birth Defects Research…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #Biologicalanthropology #Bonedevelopment #Evolutionarydevelopmentalbiology #Functionalgenomics #HumanitiesandSocialSciences #multidisciplinary
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/114510/

The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps

Sample collection Human developmental stages E45–E72 were obtained from first-trimester termination procedures conducted at the Birth Defects Research…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #Biologicalanthropology #Bonedevelopment #Evolutionarydevelopmentalbiology #Functionalgenomics #HumanitiesandSocialSciences #multidisciplinary
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/114510/

The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps

Sample collection Human developmental stages E45–E72 were obtained from first-trimester termination procedures conducted at the Birth Defects Research…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #Biologicalanthropology #Bonedevelopment #Evolutionarydevelopmentalbiology #Functionalgenomics #HumanitiesandSocialSciences #multidisciplinary
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/114510/

The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps

Sample collection Human developmental stages E45–E72 were obtained from first-trimester termination procedures conducted at the Birth Defects Research…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #Biologicalanthropology #Bonedevelopment #Evolutionarydevelopmentalbiology #Functionalgenomics #GB #HumanitiesandSocialSciences #multidisciplinary #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/97038/

"Here we combine genetic evidence and palaeoecological models to infer the geographic location that acted as the Hub for our species during the early phases of colonisation of Eurasia."

Vallini, L., Zampieri, C., Shoaee, M.J. et al. The Persian plateau served as hub for Homo sapiens after the main out of Africa dispersal. Nat Commun 15, 1882 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46161-7 #OpenAccess #OA #Article #Research #DOI #Science #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Biology #Anthropology #BiologicalAnthropology #Genetics #Population #EvolutionaryGenetics #Palaeoclimate #Ancient #DNA #PopulationGenetics #Eurasia #Academia #Academic #Academics @archaeodons @anthropology @biology @science

AABA Statement supporting Trans Lives
The AABA, along with several other organizations, has just released a statement in support of trans lives. Here's an excerpt:

The American Association of Biological Anthropologists, the American Association of Anthropological Genetics, the Dental Anthropology Association, the Paleopathology Association, The PaleoAnthropology Society, t
https://anthrodendum.org/2023/11/28/aaba-statement-trans-lives/
#BlogPost #AABA #Biologicalanthropology #TransLives

It turns out it may be better to have (genetically) curly than straight hair (or no hair at all), 👩🏽‍🦱 especially under extreme heat and/or sun exposure - shows a recent study by
@TinaLasisi
et al. 🧬
Tightly curled hair came off best in their experiment than other hair types (bald head, straight hair, moderately curled hair) regarding minimising sweating and overheating.

#Anthropology #biologicalanthropology #QuantitativeBiology #ComputationalBiology

https://nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/curly-hair-evolutionary-advantage-brain-protect

Ancient cemetery tells a tale of constant, low level warfare - Enlarge (credit: Crevecoeur and Antoine 2021)
When archaeologists in the 1960s ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1768575 #biologicalanthropology #forensicanthropology #projectilepoints #ancientwarfare #ancientweapons #ancientafrica #climatechange #anthropology #aswanhighdam #archaeology #pleistocene #stonetools #skeletons #science #trauma #sudan #nile

Archaeologists use DNA to investigate 6,200-year-old massacre mystery - Enlarge
Archaeologists working near the small Croatian village of Potočani made a grim discovery... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1749167 #biologicalanthropology #ancientpeopledidstuff #biologicalarchaeology #forensicarchaeology #ancientwarfare #ancienteurope #archaeology #ancientdna #copperage #massgrave #neolithic #osteology #science

Neanderthals suffered from a veritable epidemic of swimmer’s ear - Enlarge / The arrows point to bony growths called external auditory exostoses, or swimmer's ear, in... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1553569 #biologicalanthropology #ancientpeopledidstuff #paleoanthropology #neanderthals #archaeology #pleistocene #hominins #science

I just remembered --- 34 years ago today I successfully defended my dissertation and earned my PhD -- wow. In some ways it seems like yesterday and in others it seems like 100 years ago.

#genetics #anthropology #physicalanthropology #biologicalanthropology #doctorate

A Maya ambassador’s grave reveals his surprisingly difficult life - Enlarge / This painted vessel, which depicts a bird, is one of two found in the ambassador's grave.... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1750214 #pre-columbiancivilizations #biologicalanthropology #ancientcentralamerica #biologicalarchaeology #forensicanthropology #archaeology #gravegoods #skeletons #science #maya

#introduction

I’m a #transdisciplinary human ecologist. Background in #ecologicalagriculture and #biologicalanthropology.

I work in the stable of #sustainabilitysciences. The purpose of my #humanevolution research is to help solve social and ecological crises.

Inspired by materialist #ecofeminist lenses. Currently exploring #humanselfdomestication as a social evolutionary process which moderated #maleviolence and dominance competition, allowing increased social #cooperation and complexity.

Refreshing my #humanevolution and #biologicalanthropology knowledge and I found this quote I like enough to share with my fellow #primates: "With chimpanzees, this social grooming takes up more than 16 percent of their time. Aiello and Dunbar established a mathematical law from the behavioural data of contemporary primates and applied it to hominins. They came to the conclusion that Australopithecus spent 20 percent of its time on social grooming; this time then increased to 45 percent for Homo neantherthalensis and Homo sapiens. However, we no longer spend half of our time delousing each other in order to maintain social stability [...]". (from Silvana Condemi and François Savatier, A Pocket History of Human Evolution)

Read the new Monson, Weitz, Brasil, and Hlusko paper in PNAS this morning.
Demonstrates that prenatal growth rates correlate with endocranial volumes and dental dimensions in extant cercopithecoids, meaning that dental development can be used to estimate hominin prenatal growth rates and neural development. Awesome!

https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2200689119

#hominin #paleoanthropology #development #biologicalanthropology

Anyone know of lists of people to follow for:
#Anthropology #BiologicalAnthropology #InfectiousDisease #DiseaseEcology #SocialNetworkAnalysis

Pompeii victim had spinal tuberculosis when he died - Enlarge / This is not what a healthy lumbar vertebra is supposed to loo... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1856850 #biologicalanthropology #anthropology #pottsdisease #tuberculosis #ancientrome #archaeology #ancientdna #vesuvius #science #pompeii

Ancient DNA finds family ties between Viking Age warriors - Enlarge (credit: Ida Marie Odgaard AFP)
Roughly a thousand years ago, a young m... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1774420 #biologicalanthropology #medievaleurope #anthropology #archaeology #skeletons #vikingage #science #vikings

#introduction

I’m a #transdisciplinary human ecologist. Background in #ecologicalagriculture and #biologicalanthropology.

I work in the stable of #sustainabilitysciences. My #humanevolution research is intended to help solve social and ecological crises.

I’m inspired by materialist #ecofeminist lenses. Currently exploring #humanselfdomestication as a social evolutionary process which moderated #maleviolence and dominance competition allowing increased social #cooperation and complexity.

#introduction

I’m a #transdisciplinary human ecologist. Background in #ecologicalagriculture and #biologicalanthropology.

I work in the stable of #sustainabilitysciences. The purpose of my #humanevolution research is to help solve social and ecological crises.

Inspired by materialist #ecofeminist lenses. Currently exploring #humanselfdomestication as a social evolutionary process which moderated #maleviolence and dominance competition, allowing increased social #cooperation and complexity.

#introduction

I’m a #transdisciplinary human ecologist. Background in #ecologicalagriculture and #biologicalanthropology.

I work in the stable of #sustainabilitysciences. My #humanevolution research is intended to help solve social and ecological crises.

I’m inspired by materialist #ecofeminist lenses. Currently exploring #humanselfdomestication as a social evolutionary process which moderated #maleviolence and dominance competition allowing increased social #cooperation and complexity.

#introduction

I’m a #transdisciplinary human ecologist. Background in #ecologicalagriculture and #biologicalanthropology.

I work in the stable of #sustainabilitysciences. The purpose of my #humanevolution research is to help solve social and ecological crises.

Inspired by materialist #ecofeminist lenses. Currently exploring #humanselfdomestication as a social evolutionary process which moderated #maleviolence and dominance competition, allowing increased social #cooperation and complexity.