The organizers of the Culture Conference 2021 invite you to join them for a two-day conference hosted by the University of Stirling, UK, from June 7-8, 2021. The conference will be held virtually this year! Abstract Submissions are being accepted for Short Talks, Lightning Talks, and Poster Presentations! Please see the website for full […]
Michael Grosz, Robbie van Aert, and Mitja Back are currently conducting a meta-analysis on correlations of personality traits, cognitive abilities, physical size with social status in face-to-face groups (including social influence, attention, admiring respect, popularity, and leadership emergence). Inclusion criteria: •We include only studies with groups that had face-to-face contact. •We include studies that measured […]
What do biological anthropologists owe to their research participants? How do we reckon with the biases that have characterized our field from its inception? The UCLA Biological Anthropology DEI Graduate Group, in collaboration with the UCLA Center for Behavior, Evolution, and Culture is pleased to present “Community Involvement and Representation(s) in Biological Anthropology” on 4/23 […]
Harvard’s Laboratory for Culture, Cognition and Coevolution in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology is is seeking a lab manager to coordinate, organize and conduct laboratory related activities. Perfect for someone just graduating and thinking about graduate school. Job-Specific Responsibilities Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Data collection and management and preliminary statistical […]
The Kinsey Institute at Indiana University, Bloomington, is seeking to hire a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Founded in 1947, the Kinsey Institute is the world’s premier sexological research institute, and is committed to building and supporting a diverse, inclusive, and equitable community of students and scholars. The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will work on collaborative research in […]
HBES is thrilled to announce the next event in our new Roundtable Seminar Series. On May 6th 2021 at 10:30am -11:45am EST Drs. Nichola Raihani, Max Krasnow, Katherine McAuliffe, & Jillian Jordan, will engage in discussion, moderated by Dr. Pat Barclay on the topic, “The Evolution of Punishment”. We’re looking forward to engaging with our […]
by David W Lawson Feature image : A household interview, Mwanza, Tanzania; Credit: David W. Lawson Over the last decade, my colleagues and I have grappled with the categorization of multiple forms of marriage as definitively costly to women by international development and global health organizations. Chief among these practices are polygynous marriage (sharing […]
by Marjorie Prokosch, Zachary Airington, and Damian Murray Our sense of smell helps us to make sense of the world. Our mornings can be improved by smelling a cup of coffee; our nose tells us which foods in the fridge may have turned; the smell of a loved one’s worn shirt transports us […]
David Perrett is a professor at the University of St Andrews and the winner of the 2020 Lifetime Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution, which he will receive at the next HBES conference. Carlota Batres, an assistant professor at Franklin and Marshall College and one of Dave’s former PhD students, interviewed him for HBES. […]