Conference
25th Annual HBES Conference
Loews Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida
July 17–20, 2013
We are pleased to announce the 25th annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society to be held in Miami, Florida, July 17-20, 2013. The Keynote Address will be given by Leda Cosmides and John Tooby, with an introduction by Steven Pinker. We also have a terrific line-up of plenary speakers and hope you will be able to join us. The venue for this conference will be the Loews Hotel, Miami Beach. We have arranged for reduced rates for HBES attendees and we encourage attendees to book their rooms early!
Announcements
- Abstract submission is now closed
- Early registration deadline has been extended to May 31
- The conference program is now available
Competitions
This year we will be holding a general session dedicated for the finalists of the New Investigator and Post-Doctoral Competitions. Individuals interested in being considered for either competition may submit an individual talk or a talk as part of a symposium.
Registration (fees include BBQ & Banquet)
| Registration Type | by 5/31/13 | 6/1/13 - 7/1/13 |
| Student Member | $195 | $270 |
| Regular Member | $375 | $450 |
| Non-Member | $425 | $490 |
Previous Conferences
24th Annual HBES Conference
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
June 13–17, 2012
Keynote: Paul Bloom
Plenary Speakers: Karen Wynn, Clark Barrett, William Rice, Mary Jane West-Eberhard, Brian Hare, Laura Glynn, & Karen Kramer
New Investigator Award: Heidi Colleran
Postdoctoral Awards: Annie Wertz; Andy Delton
Poster Competition Winner: Ryan Schacht & Monique Borgerhoff Mulder
Talk abstracts, Poster abstracts, Program (PDF, 8.1MB)
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
June 13–17, 2012
Keynote: Paul Bloom
Plenary Speakers: Karen Wynn, Clark Barrett, William Rice, Mary Jane West-Eberhard, Brian Hare, Laura Glynn, & Karen Kramer
New Investigator Award: Heidi Colleran
Postdoctoral Awards: Annie Wertz; Andy Delton
Poster Competition Winner: Ryan Schacht & Monique Borgerhoff Mulder
Talk abstracts, Poster abstracts, Program (PDF, 8.1MB)
23rd Annual HBES Conference
Montpellier, France
June 29–July 3, 2011
Keynote: Randolph Nesse
Plenary Speakers: Samuel Bowles, Sarah Hdry, Jean-Marie Hombert, Tim Clutton-Brock, Frank Marlowe, & Andrew Whiten
New Investigator Award: Noémie Becker
Postdoctoral Award: Sandeep Mishra
Poster Competition Winner: Jeanne Bovet
Program (PDF, 4.7MB)
Montpellier, France
June 29–July 3, 2011
Keynote: Randolph Nesse
Plenary Speakers: Samuel Bowles, Sarah Hdry, Jean-Marie Hombert, Tim Clutton-Brock, Frank Marlowe, & Andrew Whiten
New Investigator Award: Noémie Becker
Postdoctoral Award: Sandeep Mishra
Poster Competition Winner: Jeanne Bovet
Program (PDF, 4.7MB)
22nd Annual HBES Conference
University of Oregon, Eugene
June 16–20, 2010
Keynote: David Haig
Plenary Speakers: Carl Bergstrom, Susan Carey, Kim Hill, Mark Pagel, Susan Perry, & a plenary in honor of Margo Wilson
New Investigator Award: Aaron Lukaszewski
Postdoctoral Award: Peter DeScioli
Poster Competition Winner: Sandeep Mishra
Program (PDF, 1.4MB)
University of Oregon, Eugene
June 16–20, 2010
Keynote: David Haig
Plenary Speakers: Carl Bergstrom, Susan Carey, Kim Hill, Mark Pagel, Susan Perry, & a plenary in honor of Margo Wilson
New Investigator Award: Aaron Lukaszewski
Postdoctoral Award: Peter DeScioli
Poster Competition Winner: Sandeep Mishra
Program (PDF, 1.4MB)
21st Annual HBES Conference
California State University, Fullerton
May 27–31, 2009
Keynote: Stephen Stearns
Plenary Speakers: Joseph Henrich, Hanna Kokko, Hillard Kaplan, Caleb Finch, Robert Kurzban & Peter DeScioli, Virpi Lummaa
New Investigator Award: Andy Delton
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
Program (PDF, 1.3MB)
California State University, Fullerton
May 27–31, 2009
Keynote: Stephen Stearns
Plenary Speakers: Joseph Henrich, Hanna Kokko, Hillard Kaplan, Caleb Finch, Robert Kurzban & Peter DeScioli, Virpi Lummaa
New Investigator Award: Andy Delton
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
Program (PDF, 1.3MB)
20th Annual HBES Conference
Kyoto University, Japan
June 4–8, 2008
Keynote: Richard D. Alexander
Plenary Speakers: Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Carel van Schaik, Andrew Whiten, Wayne Potts, Nicholas Humphrey, Toshio Yamagishi
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
Program (PDF, 854KB)
Kyoto University, Japan
June 4–8, 2008
Keynote: Richard D. Alexander
Plenary Speakers: Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Carel van Schaik, Andrew Whiten, Wayne Potts, Nicholas Humphrey, Toshio Yamagishi
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
Program (PDF, 854KB)
19th Annual HBES Conference
College of William and Mary
May 30–June 3, 2007
Keynote: Paul Ewald
Plenary Speakers: Dan Sperber, Hod Lipson, Owen Jones, C. Sue Carter, David Bjorklund, Martin Nowak
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
Program (PDF, 1.9MB)
College of William and Mary
May 30–June 3, 2007
Keynote: Paul Ewald
Plenary Speakers: Dan Sperber, Hod Lipson, Owen Jones, C. Sue Carter, David Bjorklund, Martin Nowak
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
Program (PDF, 1.9MB)
18th Annual HBES Conference
University of Pennsylvania
June 7–11, 2006
Keynote: Daniel C. Dennett
Plenary Speakers: Robert Frank, Marlene Zuk, Joan Silk, Michael Gurven, Joseph J. Campos, Jim Sidanius
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
Program (PDF, 2.8MB)
University of Pennsylvania
June 7–11, 2006
Keynote: Daniel C. Dennett
Plenary Speakers: Robert Frank, Marlene Zuk, Joan Silk, Michael Gurven, Joseph J. Campos, Jim Sidanius
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
Program (PDF, 2.8MB)
17th Annual HBES Conference
University of Texas, Austin
June 1–5, 2005
Keynote: Steven Pinker
Plenary Speakers: Martin Daly & Margo Wilson, Douglas Mock, Robert Trivers, Leda Cosmides & John Tooby, Napoleon Chagnon, Edward O. Wilson
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
University of Texas, Austin
June 1–5, 2005
Keynote: Steven Pinker
Plenary Speakers: Martin Daly & Margo Wilson, Douglas Mock, Robert Trivers, Leda Cosmides & John Tooby, Napoleon Chagnon, Edward O. Wilson
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
16th Annual HBES Conference
Free University of Berlin
July 22–25, 2004
Keynote: Peter Hammerstein
Plenary Speakers: Wolfgang Enard, Bernard Comrie, Hans Peter Kohler, James Carey, Richard Dawkins, Mark Stoneking
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
Program (PDF, 1.1MB)
Free University of Berlin
July 22–25, 2004
Keynote: Peter Hammerstein
Plenary Speakers: Wolfgang Enard, Bernard Comrie, Hans Peter Kohler, James Carey, Richard Dawkins, Mark Stoneking
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
Program (PDF, 1.1MB)
15th Annual HBES Conference
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
June 4–8, 2003
Keynote: Robert Boyd & Peter Richerson
Plenary Speakers: Ruth Mace, Alan Kamil, Eric Alden–Smith, Steven Gaulin, Ernst Fehr, Paul Rozin, Jeff French
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
Program (PDF, 991KB)
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
June 4–8, 2003
Keynote: Robert Boyd & Peter Richerson
Plenary Speakers: Ruth Mace, Alan Kamil, Eric Alden–Smith, Steven Gaulin, Ernst Fehr, Paul Rozin, Jeff French
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
Program (PDF, 991KB)
14th Annual HBES Conference
Rutgers University
June 19–23, 2002
Keynote: Robin Fox & Lionel Tiger
Plenary Speakers: Tim Birkhead, Alice Eagly, Allan Mazur, Stephen Stich & Ron Mallon, Wulf Schiefenhoevel, Robert Hinde, Mark G Frank
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
Program (PDF, 986KB)
Rutgers University
June 19–23, 2002
Keynote: Robin Fox & Lionel Tiger
Plenary Speakers: Tim Birkhead, Alice Eagly, Allan Mazur, Stephen Stich & Ron Mallon, Wulf Schiefenhoevel, Robert Hinde, Mark G Frank
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
Program (PDF, 986KB)
13th Annual HBES Conference
London, England
June 6–10, 2001
Keynote: John Maynard Smith
Plenary Speakers: David JP Barker, David Perrett, Mark A Jobling, Luc Steel, Richard Connor, Kristen Hawkes, Michael Tomasello
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
Program (PDF, 1.4MB)
London, England
June 6–10, 2001
Keynote: John Maynard Smith
Plenary Speakers: David JP Barker, David Perrett, Mark A Jobling, Luc Steel, Richard Connor, Kristen Hawkes, Michael Tomasello
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
Program (PDF, 1.4MB)
12th Annual HBES Conference
Amherst College
June 7–11, 2000
Keynote: Richard Wrangham
Plenary Speakers: Paul Sherman, Marc Hauser, Herbert Gintis, Laura Betzig, Douglas Kenrick, Robert Trivers
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
Program (PDF, 1.6MB)
Amherst College
June 7–11, 2000
Keynote: Richard Wrangham
Plenary Speakers: Paul Sherman, Marc Hauser, Herbert Gintis, Laura Betzig, Douglas Kenrick, Robert Trivers
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
Program (PDF, 1.6MB)
11th Annual HBES Conference
University of Utah, Salt Lake City
June 2–6, 1999
Keynote: Sarah Hrdy
Plenary Speakers: Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, William Rice, Richard Udry, Marion Petrie, Anne Campbell, James F O’Connell
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
University of Utah, Salt Lake City
June 2–6, 1999
Keynote: Sarah Hrdy
Plenary Speakers: Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, William Rice, Richard Udry, Marion Petrie, Anne Campbell, James F O’Connell
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
10th Annual HBES Conference
University of California, Davis
July 8–12, 1998
Keynote: Richard Nisbett
Plenary Speakers: Alan Rogers, Peter Ellison, Mariko Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, Nancy Burley, Catherine Eckel, Gerd Gigerenzer
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
University of California, Davis
July 8–12, 1998
Keynote: Richard Nisbett
Plenary Speakers: Alan Rogers, Peter Ellison, Mariko Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, Nancy Burley, Catherine Eckel, Gerd Gigerenzer
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
9th Annual HBES Conference
University of Arizona, Tuscon
June 4–8, 1997
Keynote: Frans de Waal
Plenary Speakers: Robert Boyd, Neil Malamuth, Daniel Perusse, John Alcock, Lawrence Keeley, Jay Belsky, Steven Gangestad, Lewis Petrinovich
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
University of Arizona, Tuscon
June 4–8, 1997
Keynote: Frans de Waal
Plenary Speakers: Robert Boyd, Neil Malamuth, Daniel Perusse, John Alcock, Lawrence Keeley, Jay Belsky, Steven Gangestad, Lewis Petrinovich
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
8th Annual HBES Conference
Northwestern University
June, 1996
Keynote: E. O. Wilson
Plenary Speakers: Patricia Gowaty, Jerome Barkow, Vince Sarich, Steve Emlen, Karl Grammer, Elizabeth Hill
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
Northwestern University
June, 1996
Keynote: E. O. Wilson
Plenary Speakers: Patricia Gowaty, Jerome Barkow, Vince Sarich, Steve Emlen, Karl Grammer, Elizabeth Hill
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
7th Annual HBES Conference
University of California, Santa Barbara
June 28–July 2, 1995
Keynote: Richard Dawkins
Plenary Speakers: David Haig, Vernon Smith, Frank Sulloway, John Hartung, Steven Mithen, Lee Cronk, Steven Pinker, Alan Leslie, Pascal Boyer
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
University of California, Santa Barbara
June 28–July 2, 1995
Keynote: Richard Dawkins
Plenary Speakers: David Haig, Vernon Smith, Frank Sulloway, John Hartung, Steven Mithen, Lee Cronk, Steven Pinker, Alan Leslie, Pascal Boyer
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
6th Annual HBES Conference
University of Michigan
June 15–19, 1994
Keynote: Richard D. Alexander
Plenary Speakers: Rob Foley, Michael Gazzaniga, Jack Hirschleifer, Laurence Hurst, William McNeill, Robert Trivers
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
University of Michigan
June 15–19, 1994
Keynote: Richard D. Alexander
Plenary Speakers: Rob Foley, Michael Gazzaniga, Jack Hirschleifer, Laurence Hurst, William McNeill, Robert Trivers
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
5th Annual HBES Conference
Binghamton University
August 4–8, 1993
Keynote: George C. Williams
Plenary Speakers: Kim Hill, Elliott Sober, Michael Bailey, Leda Cosmides & John Tooby, William Durham, Henry Harpending et al., Bobbi Low, Martin Daly & Margo Wilson
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
Binghamton University
August 4–8, 1993
Keynote: George C. Williams
Plenary Speakers: Kim Hill, Elliott Sober, Michael Bailey, Leda Cosmides & John Tooby, William Durham, Henry Harpending et al., Bobbi Low, Martin Daly & Margo Wilson
New Investigator Award:
Postdoctoral Award:
Poster Competition Winner:
4th Annual HBES Conference
University of New Mexico
July, 1992
Keynote: William Hamilton
Plenary Speakers: David Ligon, Kirsten Hawkes, Robin Baker, Mark Flinn, Eckart Voland, James Boone, Napoleon Chagnon
University of New Mexico
July, 1992
Keynote: William Hamilton
Plenary Speakers: David Ligon, Kirsten Hawkes, Robin Baker, Mark Flinn, Eckart Voland, James Boone, Napoleon Chagnon
3rd Annual HBES Conference
McMaster University
August, 1991
Plenary Speakers: Bob Montgomerie, Ed Wilmsen, David Sherry, Jane Lancaster & Hilly Kaplan, Jeff Galef, Paul Ewald, Randy Nesse
McMaster University
August, 1991
Plenary Speakers: Bob Montgomerie, Ed Wilmsen, David Sherry, Jane Lancaster & Hilly Kaplan, Jeff Galef, Paul Ewald, Randy Nesse
2nd Annual HBES Conference
University of California, Los Angeles
August 16–19, 1990
University of California, Los Angeles
August 16–19, 1990
1st Annual HBES Conference
Northwestern University
June, 1989
Round Table Discussants: William Hamilton, George Williams, Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfelt, Edward Wilson, Richard Dawkins
Northwestern University
June, 1989
Round Table Discussants: William Hamilton, George Williams, Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfelt, Edward Wilson, Richard Dawkins