by Nicholas Grebe One of the most basic decisions facing organisms of all kinds concerns how to spend limited resources. Given that energy and effort—which encompasses both physiological and psychological processes—draw from a finite budget, how should an individual partition its investments between the fundamental activities of life? For instance, upon reaching maturity, to […]
Welcome to Detroit for HBES 2022! We are back!!! And we are thrilled to announce that we are planning for an in-person HBES 2022 conference in Detroit, Michigan! Aside from the invited and submitted program, there are numerous formal and informal opportunities for networking and learning about the latest developments within the human evolutionary sciences. […]
by Tom S. Roth & Iliana Samara Maybe you still cherish vivid memories of your first date with your partner. Maybe you remember what they looked like, the sound of their voice, or even their scent! During first encounters, we are confronted with multiple sources of information, encompassing a range of modalities. It is […]
by Karolina Milkowska In periods when the body’s immunity is lowered or the risk of infection rises, people should show increased prophylactic behavior. It is assumed that the feeling of disgust is a mechanism that should protect against contact with the source of infection. The increased susceptibility of the organism to infections can be […]
The Cultural Evolution Society is running a funding scheme called Transforming the Field of Cultural Evolution and its Application to Global Human Futures, thanks to a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. The scheme aims to transform the important, yet underfunded, field of cultural evolution. How our cultures evolve (including how information is transmitted, how people make decisions, and […]
HBES is sponsoring registration subsidies for the Evolutionary Psychology Preconference at SPSP 2022! Limited subsidies are available to cover preconference registration costs for some students and early career researchers with financial hardships. Apply by Nov-15! For details and how to apply, see the preconference website: https://ep2022.mystrikingly.com Questions? Reach out to one of the preconference organizers: […]
Hello! We apologize for this intrusion, but we are eager to capture the insights that experts in your field have to offer into a big-topic debate: the near and longer-term future of human welfare and societal change. For example, whether advances in our understanding of cultural evolution or behavioral genetics or gene editing technology will […]
The Department of Political Science, Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University, invites applications for a postdoctoral position offering applicants the opportunity to join the research project “Exemplar Democracy (EXDEM) – Psychological Biases and the Impact of Exemplars on Factual Perceptions and Attributions of Government Responsibility”. The project is led by Associate Professor Lene Aarøe and funded by […]
We hope you will join us for the Roundtable Seminar Series event Monday, September 27th 2021 at 3:00 – 4:15 pm EST where Drs. David Schmitt, Aaron Lukaszewski, Julia Stern, & Alexander Weiss, will engage in discussion, moderated by Dr. Dario Maestripieri on the topic, “The Evolution of Human Personality”. We’re looking forward to engaging […]
Evolutionary Psychology invites submissions for a forthcoming special issue on Evolutionary Criminology. The goal of this special issue is to advance the understanding of how, and in what ways, an evolutionary framework can be applied to understand criminal behavior. In the past several decades, research examining the connection between evolutionary processes and criminal behavior has […]