Entries by karthikpanchanathan

Assistant Professor of Quantitative/Computational Psychology – Penn State

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The Department of Psychology at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, invites applications for a full-time Assistant Professor of Quantitative/Computational Psychology. The position is co-funded by Penn State’s Social Science Research Institute. We seek candidates who use cutting-edge methods to advance our understanding of complex social, cognitive, and behavioral phenomena–specifically in the areas of […]

Assistant Professor of Archaeology – Penn State

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The Department of Anthropology at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park (https://anth.la.psu.edu/) invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position, at the rank of Assistant Professor. We seek an outstanding archaeologist whose interests and skills are consistent with Penn State Anthropology’s integrative, scientific, quantitative, and empirical approach to studying human diversity. Specifically, we wish to recruit […]

Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology – Penn State

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The Department of Anthropology (https://anth.la.psu.edu/) and the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI: https://ssri.psu.edu/) at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position, at the rank of Assistant Professor. We seek innovative social science researchers whose work focuses on the social and ecological determinants of reproductive health via field-based research using […]

Ed Hagen awarded the Evolution in the Public Eye Award

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HBES Members, I am thrilled to announce that our HBES President, Ed Hagen, has just been awarded the inaugural Evolution in the Public Eye Award. The EPE Award honors outstanding contributions to the public understanding of evolutionary perspectives on behavior. These contributions positively impact our perception and understanding of evolutionary science by communicating accurate, evidence-based […]

Submit your abstract for HBES 2026!

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Dear HBES Community, HBES 2026 will be held in Rabat, Morocco, at the University Mohammad VI Polytechnic (UM6P) from May 13-16, 2026. This will be a joint conference with the Cultural Evolution Society (CES). Abstract submissions for the 2026 HBES conference are now open. Submissions will be accepted until November 16, 2025. You will be […]

HBES 2025 Conference Survey Results

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HBES Members, I am writing in my capacity as Communications Officer to share with you survey results about our recent meeting in Atlantic City. We had 127 responses, most of whom are faculty at various career stages, doctoral students, and postdocs. The vast majority of survey participants are from North America. Anthropologists and psychologists made […]

Postdoc focusing on interdependence and cooperation – University of Arizona

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Dear colleagues, I wanted to circulate an opening for a postdoctoral position, and would like to kindly ask that you share this opportunity with grad students who may be interested in working with me on topics related to interdependence and cooperation. I will also be reviewing graduate student applications this cycle, and would be grateful […]

Biological Anthropology Faculty Hire – University of Minnesota Twin Cities

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UMN Search for a Biological Anthropologist in 2025-2026 About the Position The Department of Anthropology in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in paleoanthropology beginning fall semester 2026. We seek scholars at the cutting edge of biological anthropology who critically utilize scientific […]

Studying the rarity of collective music-making in four indigenous societies

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– by Dor Shilton, Aniruddh D. Patel, Kim Hill, and Chris von Rueden Many think that music evolved to promote or signal social cohesion. However, there are several societies in which group singing and dancing are extremely rare. Why is that the case, and what does it mean for our theories of music evolution? We […]

Too Many Preferences, Too Little Evolution: Multivariate Mate Choice and the Limits of Mate Preference Evolution

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– by Kaitlyn Harper As evolutionary psychologists, we love a good story about sexual selection. They usually go like this: humans have evolved to prefer a given trait (e.g. intelligence, facial symmetry, waist-to-hip ratio) because it offers an evolutionary benefit, either directly or indirectly. Over time, people who prefer and therefore mate with partners who […]