– By Laure Spake & John Shaver In post-industrialized settings, religious parents tend to have more children than non-religious parents. But in these same contexts, having large families is costly – the more children a person has, the fewer resources there are for each child. How are religious families able to support their large families, […]
Here are old videos from the website front page from 2018 – I’m trying to archive them somewhere (2024). This page looks like hell, but it’s not meant to be seen by anyone – it’s just a temporary holding page so I can make the front page look better without permanently deleting these links December […]
HBES 2024 was a success! From May 22-25, we gathered in Aarhus, Denmark for 3.5 days of great presentations and camaraderie. It was the second in-person HBES meeting post-COVID, and it was lovely to see everyone again. Thanks to the local hosts Mathias Clasen, Elena Miu, & Marc Malmdorf Andersen, all the volunteers for helping […]
– by Mia Karabegovic & Hugo Mercier “Free” information is so ubiquitous that we rarely question the motivations for producing and sharing it in the first place. We can hop on Wikipedia to learn about any topic, however niche, check diners’ experiences on Yelp to figure out where to eat, or consult book reviews on […]
– by Adi Wiezel & Doug Kenrick Women make up slightly over 50 percent of the U.S. population. Why then are only a quarter of U.S. Senators and a tenth of Fortune 500 CEOs women? Why have none of 45 American Presidents been a woman? According to some experts on leadership, the explanation involves two […]
– Letter from the HBES President Dear HBES community, I’m writing with an update regarding child care arrangements for the HBES 2024 conference in Aarhus. Thank you for your patience as we have looked into available options, and to those of you who replied to our recent survey. Although the local hosts put Herculean efforts […]
– By Tran Dinh and Steve Gangestad Why do humans vary in their willingness to have multiple sexual relationships or tendency to form long-term bonds with a single partner? Evolutionary-minded researchers often look at patterns observed in nonhuman animals to gain insight into human nature. Indeed, much research has been done to explain the array […]
The following is a grant opportunity for researchers studying religion & cooperation, posted on behalf of Michael McCullough: With the support of a grant from the Templeton Religion Trust, in advancement of their ambitious, multi-decade Social Consequences of Religion (SCORE) Initiative, the SCORE Project for Advancing Research on Religion and Cooperation (SPARRC) welcomes proposals from investigators […]
Christine Harris and Michael McCullough in the Department of Psychology at the University of California San Diego seek a full-time post-doctoral fellow to help them establish a multi-year program of research on envy. The position comes with two years of funding (including salary and benefits), with the possibility of renewal. In this program of research, we seek insights into (a) […]
Photo credit: Zachary Garfield. Hamar women gather for a community meeting – by Zachary Garfield How do we resolve conflicts? Who helps resolve conflicts and why? To answer these questions, my colleague Luke Glowacki and I analyzed data from ongoing long-term fieldwork among Hamar pastoralists in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley, now published in Evolution and Human […]