The best piece of advice I've recieved for academic presentations is to aim for ~the same number of slides as you have minutes to talk
Helps you stay on time before even starting practicing it!
Thankyou @nakedprimate.bsky.social !
Talking of talks, if you are at #CES2026 come by the session on "Modes of Cultural Transmission" to see my talk on new methods we've been developing to measure imitation from naturalistic footage!
Also featuring Francesco d'Errico, @ctennie.bsky.social, Yo Nakawake, and @arielevy.bsky.social
Just out: Recently discovered chimp gene-tool-culture are more likely due to permanent population splitting & expansion (i.e. "demic diffusion") than to female dispersal.
*free* pdf link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1n3XqAlZXf...
#ces2026 @ces2026.bsky.social #hbes2026 @hbes2026.bsky.social
A very early Manchester morning
But making our way to Rabat for #ces2026 @ces2026.bsky.social
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Dr Eve Holden (she/her)
ADHD grocery shopping fiasco continues...
This time i managed to order my supermarket delivery to my neighbours address instead of my own
#adhd #howtoadult
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Alt: a baby in a striped shirt face palms, covering his face with his hand
Love is in the air
Its that time of year I get to watch these pidgies get all soppy right from the comfort of my office chair
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Dr Eve Holden (she/her)
What things are often missed out?
Risk! Life history! Individual variation! Inequality!
@psmaldino.bsky.social Speaking my language in his talk on Development of Risk Behaviours and thier Cultural Transmission
#CES2026 @ces2026.bsky.social
Dr Eve Holden (she/her)
Just some bed heads trying to warm our souls on the radiator
