Evolutionary psychologist, cyclist, eco-ninja, baker
Joined April 2009
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State formation across cultures and the role of grain, intensive agriculture, taxation and writing. nature.com/articles/s41562-0…
The invention of agriculture (around 9,000 years ago) spurred the rise of early states? NO. Our research nature.com/articles/s41... (with @DrQueue ) in Nature Human Behaviour supports an alternative theory that States almost invariably formed in societies that grew cereal grains.
Quentin Atkinson retweeted
The invention of agriculture (around 9,000 years ago) spurred the rise of early states? NO. Our research nature.com/articles/s41... (with @DrQueue ) in Nature Human Behaviour supports an alternative theory that States almost invariably formed in societies that grew cereal grains.
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Partner choice does not predict prosociality across countries @scottclaessens and @thkyritsis
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It scored poorly on fuel economy and price but destroyed the competition when it came to its ability to smoothly and efficiently run over children
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University of Auckland is looking for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Organisational Psychology. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/The… via @SmartRecruiters
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Are women are more religious than men across diverse societies and faith. Yes, however, it's complicated: this doesn't apply to less universalistic moralizing gods. For those gods, men are religious.@HyperadaptHyrax tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Our analysis of >10,000 Japanese and English language folk songs is out today in @CurrentBiology (#OpenAccess). Across cultures, music evolves in predictable ways that minimizes impact on the melody/lyrics. (1/7)
doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.0…
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Work with me👇Post-doc level position available; to research the costs and benefits of kindness; work remotely, in US; for at least 1 year, maybe 3, maybe more. Email or DM me with any questions. Will be reviewing applications from the beginning of October.
WE ARE HIRING! Are you passionate about using science to build a kinder world? We're seeking a full-time Research Manager, to work on a range of kindness-related research projects, under the supervision of our Research Director @oliver_s_curry Apply here: kindness.rippling-ats.com/jo…
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The School of Psychology are seeking to appoint a Lecturer (Pacific) to facilitate the ongoing development and implementation of teaching, research and knowledge with a focus on Pacific communities. Think this could be you? Check out the opportunity here: smrtr.io/5W296
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A new study identifies 8 specific targets that could guide measures to reform harmful agriculture and fishing practices while supporting sustainable food production. fcld.ly/e5p8irm
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🚨Now out! Beyond WEIRD Psychology: Measuring and Mapping Scales of Cultural and Psychological Distance
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Summary thread:
1/ The world is not WEIRD vs non-WEIRD.
How psychologically and culturally distant is the US from Canada? China from Japan?
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New Research in @NatureHumBehav: "The cultural foundations of modern democracies". Coauthored with Luke Matthews (@RANDCorporation ), @thkyritsis @DrQueue and @ralexbentley
go.nature.com/33IKSvE
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The ecological drivers of variation in global language diversity
@macroevoeco @SimonJGreenhill @MarcelCardillo @HildeSchneemann
go.nature.com/2GN77XS
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Great turnout yesterday for @AlexhTaylor's fascinating talk on crow culture and kea cooperation! For the next talk of the series, Professor Kendall Clements will be discussing marine herbivory. Details will be up on our website soon. #aucklandevo aucklandevolution.wordpress.…
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Interdisciplinary postdoc opening at Penn in Social & Behavioral Science. #evopsych #culture #morality #cooperation #decisionscience More info: tinyurl.com/ydgfn925
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Congratulations to our student Joseph Watts for his win in the Vice-Chancellor's Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis, for his thesis, The Cultural Evolution of Religion: A phylogenetic approach. Also to his supervisor, @DrQueue!
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The Database of Religious History (DRH) is hiring! #DataScience #SoftwareEngineering Live in London! Travel the world! Competitive salary! Interdisciplinary colleagues! Ambitious vision! Novel work! Get in touch to find out more. jobs.ac.uk/job/BGW375/data-s… #JobListing Please retweet
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Ritual human sacrifice promoted and sustained the evolution of stratified societies go.nature.com/N4Dcjb Watts et al. including @DrQueue
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This is a really important conversation to have Ping @smcnz @petergnz @VicMetcalf_NZ @scicommnz @DrCompBio @DrQueue xitter.cf/auscicomm/status/59798…
We need to stop punishing scientists for talking to the public theconversation.com/we-need-… via @ConversationEDU #scicomm