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I usually reserve this account for my personal views; but today I want to represent my position as President of @asn-amnat.bsky.social to post a message that will shortly go out to the membership of the American Society of Naturalists from the ASN Executive Council

submitted 21 days ago • 35 comments

+++ Stellungnahme für eine evidenzbasierte, rationale Kriminalpolitik +++ Die jüngsten Gewalttaten haben eine hitzige Debatte über Kriminalität und Migration entfacht. Über 60 renommierte Strafrechtswissenschaftler:innen mahnen nun zur Besonnenheit und fordern eine evidenzbasierte Kriminalpolitik.

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

Bye-bye maternity leave and hello new job! 👋 Today I am starting a new position at the Institute for Asian Studies @giga-hamburg.de. After 7 amazing years @pwunifreiburg.bsky.social it's time for the next step. Looking forward to new colleagues & collaborations 🤩

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

We're new here—help us spread the word! 🦇 🚀 Please like, follow, and share as we build our presence. We don’t have all the handles yet, so it is difficult tag everyone just yet!! If you are here - let us know 🙌💙

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Es will mir nicht in den Kopf, die demokratischen Parteien haben es zugelassen und machen immer weiter mit, dass das Thema Migration inzwischen das einzig sichtbare Thema ist. Als hätten wir nicht so viele echte Probleme. Als würde sich das Volk nicht mehrheitlich andere Schwerpunkte wünschen.

submitted 27 days ago • 39 comments

Das neue Magazin der Jungen Akademie ist da! Die Ausgabe #31 widmet sich dem Thema #Grenzen und beleuchtet, wie Grenzziehungen und Grenzüberschreitungen #Gesellschaft und #Wissenschaft prägen. www.diejungeakademie.de/de/publikati...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

"Die Art und Weise, wie wir über Grenzen und Grenzüberschreitungen nachdenken, bestimmt unser Handeln; ihre Reflexion verleiht unserem Agieren einen übergeordneten Rahmen – sei dieser moralisch, rational oder humanitär." Das neue Magazin @jungeakademie.bsky.social zu einem hochaktuellen Thema.

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

Am Vormittag den Opfern der Faschisten von gestern gedenken, um am Nachmittag den Faschisten von heute die Hand zu reichen. Ein zutiefst beschämender Tag für dieses Land und für eine Partei, die sich immer noch christlich nennt.

submitted 29 days ago • 109 comments

Denn sie wissen, was sie tun

submitted 29 days ago • 21 comments

Der wirklich sensationell lustige und sensationell kluge GESCHICHTEN VOM FRANZ, frei aber gut nach Christine Nöstlinger, ist jetzt in der ARD-Mediathek zu finden, lauft und schaut und freut Euch! www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZD...

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Heute Abend geht es los! Die #Ausstellung "#Unendlichkeit, Leere, Lebendigkeit" im #Planetarium #Hamburg wird um 19:30 Uhr mit einer Podiumsdiskussion (Einlass ab 19:00 Uhr) mit einigen der beteiligten Künstlerinnen u. Wissenschaftlerinnen eröffnet. t1p.de/7o10v

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

After 9 years in the making, it's finally out (!) White-faced capuchins with a stronger stress response to previous droughts were more likely to survive a severe El Niño drought. Kudos to the heroic efforts of first authors Sofia Carrera and Irene Godoy. www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....

submitted 36 days ago • 3 comments

You asked, @pciarchaeology.bsky.social delivered. archaeo.peercommunityin.org new "biomolecular/molecular archaeology"🧬🏺 thematic field added 🙂

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Field based research assistants wanted to work on baboons in South Africa expenses paid. See below 👇 Might be of interest @primatesocietygb.bsky.social #fieldwork #research #primates #southafrica

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

🚨 JOB ALERT!! We're looking for a PhD student to join our group! Are you interested in evolutionary medicine / anthropology? Already have a master's? Apply with your own project ideas! See link: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie... #EvMed @bioanth.org @ehbea.bsky.social Please RT!

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Hello Bluesky! Follow us for posts on new research, jobs (mostly European) and updates on activities of the society and related organisations! Let's connect! 🦩🦩🦩🦩

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

Where are all the field studies? This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer. A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork) www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

submitted 48 days ago • 9 comments

Just when we thought we couldn’t love #bats any more, there’s this: storm-surfing bats! 🦇😀❤️New research shows migrating bats hitch rides on stormy tailwinds to save energy, covering hundreds of kms in a single night! 🦇 @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @unikonstanz.bsky.social

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

Nachdem einige Thilo-Mischke-Verteidiger offenbar beschlossen haben, es ginge nur um dessen Bumsbücher, habe ich hier doch mal zusammengeschrieben, was an der Vulgär-Evolutions-These zur Vergewaltigung aus Sicht der #Wissenschaftskommunikation bzw. journalistischer Standards problematisch ist.

submitted 56 days ago • 92 comments

Die neue Folge von #InAllerRuhe: über die verdrängte oder ignorierte Not im Sudan: Gespräch mit Dagmar Pruin von #BrotFürDieWelt: www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/caro...

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

Resignation of the Journal of Human Evolution Editorial Board: We are saddened to announce the resignations of The Joint Editors-in-Chief, all Emeritus Editors retired or active in the field, and all but one Associate Editor. Press release below.

submitted 63 days ago • 60 comments

nobody wants a meritocracy more than people from historically excluded groups

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

Our new paper announcing a freely available database of 3D scans of primate skeletal material--a major effort led by Sergio Almécija & his team at the American Museum of Natural History. 🧪 🏺 #paleosky #anatomy #primates #anthropology #morphology #zoology #paleoanthropology #openscience

submitted 71 days ago • 1 comment

📣 Ab sofort informieren wir auch auf #Bluesky über die Aktivitäten der Mitglieder der Jungen Akademie. Neue Follower sind herzlich willkommen. 👉 Mehr Infos: www.diejungeakademie.de/de

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

3-year Postdoc Position Join our team @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social and investigate the dynamics of seasonal songbird migration using biologging technologies See details here: bit.ly/3ZojW38 Please get in touch if interested & share with anyone else who might be!

submitted 80 days ago • 2 comments

NOW HIRING a Director of the ASU Biocollections with a concurrent appointment as a tenured associate or full professor. The anticipated start date for this position is July 1, 2025. Please see the link for more details. Application deadline: Jan 3rd: apply.interfolio.com/159166

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

#Research needs freedom and flexibility – new features for Humboldt Fellowships: ✔ Fellowship increase ✔ More flexibility ✔ #Equality for unmarried couples ✔ Benefits for sponsorship recipients with disabilities or chronic disorders www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/explore/n...

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

In a @currentbiology.bsky.social paper earlier this year, led by @laurawesseldijk.bsky.social, we analysed Beethoven’s genome with a polygenic index related to musicality, as a way to communicate limits of genetic predictions at the individual level & the complexity of links between DNA & behaviour:

submitted 84 days ago • 13 comments

Examples of my commissioners: - scientists - paper figs., presentation, visual abstract - editors, art directors- book cover, interiors - sci communicators - article figs., website - private comms. - home/office deco Write me to ✉️: [email protected] Looking forward to hearing your ideas!

submitted 83 days ago • 3 comments

Die Forschung von Ricarda Winkelmann trägt maßgeblich zu unserem Verständnis der zugrundeliegenden komplexen Dynamiken bei: So hat sie beispielsweise gezeigt, welche langfristigen Konsequenzen der anthropogene #Klimawandel auf die Eisschilde auf Grönland und in der Antarktis hat.

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

Gratulation an Julia Fischer (#BBAW-Vizepräsidentin, Deutsches Primatenzentrum)! Die Primatenforscherin und Kognitionswissenschaftlerin ist die Inhaberin der 25. Johannes Gutenberg-Stiftungsprofessur (@unimainz.bsky.social). www.stiftung-jgsp.uni-mainz.de Foto: Arne Sattler

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

Ecology-Evolution scientific societies on Bluesky: ESEB: @eseb.bsky.social SSE: @sse-evolution.bsky.social ASN: @asn-amnat.bsky.social SMBE: @official-smbe.bsky.social BES: @britishecolsoc.bsky.social CSEE-SCEE: @csee-scee.bsky.social and joining us today, welcome!: SFE2: @sfecologie.bsky.social

submitted 85 days ago • 12 comments

Opening commissions for 2025!! Best direct contact via mail to: [email protected] Currently accepting new commissions to start on February 2025 :) #SciArt

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

If you like genomics, speciation, and primates, this PhD position is for you! Unraveling the genomic architecture of speciation and gene flow in a crazy group of monkeys at U of Edinburgh . Do reach out with questions! evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...

submitted 88 days ago • 2 comments

#KeepEyesOnSudan

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment

Bye Bye cranes... I prefer seeing you come back

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

Ignore West Africa, a vast and diverse region, at your peril if you want to understand human evolution and the earliest prehistory of our species! Major news is coming soon, and in the meantime, this meeting next week is gathering fantastic momentum! www.gea.mpg.de/104309/confe...

submitted 90 days ago • 5 comments

🧬 🖥️

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

First and very happy post on this site: Guenons are again breaking the rules of biology: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Outstanding work by @axeljensen.bsky.social showing exceptional Y-chromosome introgression in primates!

submitted 90 days ago • 4 comments

Like many early-career researchers, @ceciliapad.bsky.social and I found ourselves navigating an unspoken challenge: the "right time" to start a family simply doesn't exist within our current academic structure. #WomenInSTEM #AcademicLife #WorkLifeBalance #WomenInScience #Academia #DEI

submitted 91 days ago • 2 comments

It seems that our wonderful scientific community is moving to this space. Welcome everybody! Did you know the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (SORTEE) is also on BlueSky? Go give SORTEE a follow at: @sortee.bsky.social and help us spread the word 🙏

submitted 91 days ago • 1 comment

Our Special Issue is out, fully #openaccess in PaleoAnthropology! 7 studies integrating #ZooMS and #Zooarchaeology, alongside an extensive introduction on challenges/potentials. Guest editors @geoffreymsmith.bsky.social, Karen Ruebens, Virginie Sinet-Mathiot, Frido Welker. 🏺🧪🦴 tinyurl.com/ya9js9xp

submitted 100 days ago • 1 comment

Job alert: academic staff member in animal behavior at the University of Konstanz. Topic: Investigating remote tag attachment mechanisms for wild primates Deadline: December 6th 2024 stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/7...

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

Just published: I wrote an article for kids about animal sociality in Frontiers for Young Minds: kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments