I always had the vague feeling that Scientific Reports and Nature Communications are mainly APC business models.
A paper estimated the total APC for gold/hybrid Open Access per journal 2015–2018: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Surprise, surprise - there are 2 outliers at the top😐
I am looking for a PhD student to join my new Socio-Eco-Evo group, hosted in Katie Peichel's Evolutionary Ecology Division @ University of Bern. We're offering a fully funded 4-year position, studying social plasticity and behavioral adaptation among stickleback in Greenland. Please share around!
yes our first thought was also that this is a "grandfather effect", but actually Tsimane men do more direct childcare as young adults (when they're fathers) and neither providing childcare during the sampling nor being a grandfather was related to oxytocin levels
I had the honor of knowing David through grad school, he was an amazingly kind person. What a loss
Our paper on generalized dynamic phylogenetic models is finally out in MEE 🥳 The brainchild of @err-ring.bsky.social, GDPMs open up a vast new space for comparative studies on complex, coevolving traits, greatly aided by @scottclaessens.bsky.social's work on the accompanying R package. Check it out!
New episode (1231), with Dr. Michael Gurven (@mgurven.bsky.social). We talk about his fascinating book, Seven Decades: How We Evolved to Live Longer. #Anthropology #Science
YouTube: youtu.be/AWTBK7VJLRI
Podcast: bit.ly/40T5eCD
Next steps are to look at individual differences (repeatability) in #oxytocin levels and how they relate to life history and personality traits. Watch this space!
Seeking a motivated postdoc (2+3 yrs) to study links between cognition, behavior, and fitness in lemurs at our long-term field site in Kirindy Forest, Madagascar. Join an interdisciplinary team working on wild populations. @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Apply here: www.dpz.eu
Spring is in the air, and we’re getting excited for #EHBEA2026! Hope you are too! ⏳ Registration for EHBEA 2026 closes April 1 👀 We know… suspicious timing. But it’s real! Grab your spot while you can!
#[AI]volution #ConferenceSeason #EvolutionaryHumanSciences #Cognition #BehaviouralScience