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Paxson (2025): "Science has contributed to... discrimination through biological essentialism, either by assigning specific undesirable biological characteristics to socially-normed... groupings or... assigning a genetic basis for these phenotypic differences." 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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The new edition of 'Sense & Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour', co-authored with @kevinlala.bsky.social , is available! Get 30% off (promotion code ASPROMP8): global.oup.com/academic/pro... Ebook is available on Kindle. Thank you to Prof. Clark Barrett for the endorsement! 🧪

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I really enjoyed Adam Rutherford's book "Where are you really from?". It's a great book to give to kids to educate them about race and learn how modern science undermines racism. @adamrutherford.bsky.social

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Kostas Kampourakis' "Darwin Mythology" book is a very interesting read. A strong cast of authors deconstruct myths and misunderstandings about Darwin. I particularly appreciated historian Erik Peterson's analysis of why Darwin's dislike of slavery does not equate to a belief in racial equality.

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The social construction of human nature: “Given that the term has little explanatory power but carries extensive baggage, we suggest that it should be abandoned” [2018] academic.oup.com/book/25419/c...

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Enjoyed reading 'Sex is a Spectrum' by @anthrofuentes.bsky.social: "Human sex and gender are complicated. Every human body, and life, is a blend of biological and cultural processes, & nowhere is that more evident than sex biology". press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... @princetonupress.bsky.social 🧪

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I am please to share my latest article "A developmentalist’s view of inheritance", just published in acta ethologica. rdcu.be/em4wW Inheritance is a time-distributed developmental process by which diverse developmental resources become available to the next generation.

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Odling-Smee offers some thought-provoking conceptual contributions.

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Should be a great day!

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📣 CCE's final seminar of this year is by the amazing @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social on "Are human mate preferences ‘universal’? A critical evaluation" 🌏👥 📣 📅 21st May / 13:00 - 14:30 / Online and in person (ESGW 111) Joining info below 👇 🔓 Open to all 🧡💚💙

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Quote from 'Evolution Evolving.The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity', with Tobias Uller, Nathalie Feiner, Marc Feldman & Scott Gilbert. Find out more at www.evolutionevolving.org #evodevo #nongeneticinheritance @princetonupress.bsky.social

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It's always a great pleasure to chat with @thedissenteryt.bsky.social ...here is our latest conversation

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Excellent essay which clearly demonstrates the unscientifc and brutal nature of eugenics, as seen in 21st century America www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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My new book, “Sex Is a Spectrum: The Biological Limits of the Binary” publishes today from @princetonupress.bsky.social My goal in writing this book is to facilitate a better conversation. A short thread…

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"These are just a few of the many practical, evidence-based ways for universities to reduce racial gaps in achievement and representation. To make progress, institutions need to recognize that racism ... is a provable scientific fact, and must act accordingly." rb.gy/jgt3ox

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that’s Elon Musk FRS doing his bit for US science, @royalsociety.org

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8/10 people think recognising role of Commonwealth soldiers matters. But much patchier awareness that those who won the war came from every ethnicity + faith. A narrow majority (55%) know Indian soldiers part of WW2. But only a quarter know of Caribbean & African service. VE Day can raise awareness

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Animal culture: conservation in a changing world Access content online at bit.ly/PTB1925

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Thank you @sbratman.bsky.social. Much appreciated.

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Another quote from 'Evolution Evolving. The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity', with Tobias Uller, Nathalie Feiner, Marc Feldman & Scott Gilbert. Find out more at www.evolutionevolving.org #evodevo #nongeneticinheritance @princetonupress.bsky.social

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I am happy and thrilled to learn that Rob Boyd has been elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences. For all those who study cultural evolution, Rob is a true great, a pioneer and leader, and brilliant scientist. Wonderful news! (Would have liked to have seen Pete Richerson elected too!)

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What if your gut bacteria could tell you how old your body is? A 14-year study of wild baboons links #microbiome makeup to biological ageing, hinting at new ways to measure and maybe even slow it in humans. #Ageing #MachineLearning elifesciences.org/digests/1021...

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Free speech absolutism is about prioritising some rights over others: “the Right’s position on free speech reflects a hierarchy of rights that has to do with race. White people’s right to freedom of speech overrules POC’s right to freedom from discrimination & violence, but not the other way around”

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This is a discussion of our 'Evolution Evolving' book @drlynnchiu.bsky.social conducted with (left to right) Tobias Uller, Marc Feldman, Kevin Lala, Nathalie Feiner & Scott Gilbert. Plasticity led evolution, evodevo, development, nongenetic inheritance all come up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd2M...

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Race is something we're born into, not something we're born with. Pass it on...

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For the new listeners, here’s a free tutorial I made for learning how to make simulation models of cultural evolution in R, on github: github.com/amesoudi/cul... and as a bookdown version with outputs: bookdown.org/amesoudi/ABM...

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Apply now to the Cultural Evolution Society’s Outreach Grants, Early Career Research Grants, and Building Research Capacity in Low/Middle Income Countries Grants More details here: culturalevolutionsociety.org/grants-and-a... @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social

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Another quote from 'Evolution Evolving. The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity', with Tobias Uller, Nathalie Feiner, Marc Feldman & Scott Gilbert. Find out more at www.evolutionevolving.org #evodevo #nongeneticinheritance @princetonupress.bsky.social

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If you are interested in my new 'Evolution Evolving' book you can watch me give a talk about it here. I cover new research in non-genetic inheritance, plasticity led evolution, niche construction, evolvability, and more. #evolution #evodevo www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sym...

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"The historical relationship among Darwinism, eugenics & racism is notoriously difficult to unravel. Eugenicists worried about the “survival of the unfit,” a phrase that should, prima facia, be nonsense for those w/ a Darwinian worldview in the early 20th century" altrightorigins.com/2022/12/01/t...

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"Instead of talking openly and explicitly about eugenics, patriarchal white men espoused the importance of focusing on the family, protecting children from outside influences, and strengthening rigid gender roles in heteronormative white marriages—...to expand the white race."

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This is another quote from 'Evolution Evolving. The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity' – my new book with Tobias Uller, Nathalie Feiner, Marc Feldman & Scott Gilbert. To find out more see www.evolutionevolving.org #evodevo #nongeneticinheritance @princetonupress.bsky.social

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I was very happy and proud to see Gillian Brown give her inaugural lecture at the University of St Andrews yesterday. Congratulations Gillian!

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Congratulations to @martamlahr.bsky.social on her News and Views in Nature on Ignacio de la Torre and colleagues' discovery of early bone tools at Olduvai. The site that keeps on giving! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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This quote is from 'Evolution Evolving. The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity' – my new book with Tobias Uller, Nathalie Feiner, Marc Feldman & Scott Gilbert. To find out more see www.evolutionevolving.org #evodevo #plasticity @princetonupress.bsky.social

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Thank you Ricardo for taking the trouble to interview me about my 'Evolution Evolving' book. I hope others enjoy the podcast. www.thedissenter.net

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Thank you @odedrechavi.bsky.social ! Glad you are enjoying it. A pleasure to get on top of all that interesting work on extra-genetic inheritance, to which you have contributed importantly. Note, @princetonupress.bsky.social currently offering 30% off e-book. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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I am happy to share my review of @gregoryrupik.bsky.social interesting book "Remapping biology with Goethe, Schelling, and Herder", which is well-researched, thought-provoking and exciting. "It tickles me that I can trace my scholarly roots to Goethe!" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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This quote is from 'Evolution Evolving. The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity' – my new book with Tobias Uller, Nathalie Feiner, Marc Feldman & Scott Gilbert. To find out more see www.evolutionevolving.org #evodevo #plasticity @princetonupress.bsky.social

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🎉 Exciting news from the Cultural Evolution Society 🎉 We're launching the ACE Curricular Awards this spring to boost cultural evolution education! There are two award categories (more below) culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...

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This is a little 'taster' of an excellent educational video produced by @designscience.bsky.social about plasticity led evolution, using the blind mexican cavefish example. You can see the whole video (which is less than 5 minutes long) at www.evolutionevolving.org/stories

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Anyone who is sad to have missed Joseph Graves' terrific public lecture: "Racism not Race. Answers to Frequently Asked Questions" held at St Andrews on March 12 can watch the recording here: shorturl.at/1U21E Highly recommended.

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Elisabeth Vrba has died. May her memory be a blessing. Here’s an obituary by @nilese.bsky.social. 🌱🐋🧪🗃️🧠🦫🦋 #EvoBio #HistSTM

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Thank you @svalver.bsky.social . I hope that you continue to enjoy the remaining chapters.

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The Biology Anti-racism Committee hosted the first Decolonising Science Public Lecture at St Andrews yesterday. Prof. Joseph Graves spoke about the science of 'race' and racism, with a focus on how racism, not 'race', causes medical disparities. Thanks @gravesjl55.bsky.social for a great talk!

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What a great line up!

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Thanks to Joseph Graves for giving a terrific talk on race and racism, in the inaugural Decolonizing Science public lecture at St Andrews today. Thanks too to everyone who attended, either in person or online. Picture shows Kalyani Twyman introducing Joe

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Also today, a second Joseph Graves event specifically for early career researchers. Hear about the personal journey of this extraordinary and courageous scientist.

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Today! Attend online or in person to hear the eminent authority Joseph Graves speak on Race and Racism.

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The quote is from 'Evolution Evolving. The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity' – my new book with Tobias Uller, Nathalie Feiner, Marc Feldman & Scott Gilbert. To find out more see www.evolutionevolving.org #evodevo #plasticity @princetonupress.bsky.social

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