Human Behavioral Ecology by Jeremy Koster, Brooke Scelza and Mary K. Shenk
A comprehensive introduction to the latest theory and empirical research in the field of human behavioral ecology.
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📢We're hiring a Director for our Museum of Anthro! Tenured OR tenure-track; an archaeologist with an active North American research program & ability to meaningfully collaborate with Indigenous communities & others.

Review begins *March 28*: wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jobs…

📷M Singer

Meat-eating & big brains define our genus, Homo, but pathogens from meat can harm those brains. A solution? Humans self-medicate a *lot* say Drs Ed Hagen, Aaron Blackwell, Aaron Lightner ('21) & coauthor in the American Journal of Bio Anthro: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aj…

📷D Yakovleva

Many aspects of immune function can be measured in the field from just a finger prick blood sample. Aaron Blackwell & @AngelaRGarcia2 review field methods & discuss theoretical & practical guide for which to choose.

Read about those useful methods here: doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.2…

Understanding inflammatory & #autoimmune diseases means understanding how exposures to things like #microbes , breastfeeding, & antibiotics impact immune function. Read more from Dr Aaron Blackwell in Annual Reviews of #Anthropology : annualreviews.org/eprint/VTGBPCB…

📷CDC #immunology

📢We're hiring! #WSU Anthropology seeks a broadly trained scholar who draws on one or more subfields of #anthropology & focuses on #Native American & #Indigenous communities of North America. Initial screening: Oct 24, 2022.

See more & apply: wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jobs…

📷R Hubner

Woo! Congrats Dr Carmen Hove for successfully defending her PhD thesis!!!

Today in NatureClimate, my colleagues & I make the case for why supporting community autonomy is *key* to effective & equitable #climatechange #adaptation . What can researchers, organizations, & policymakers do differently? A short 🧵. 1/

Paper: rdcu.be/cHVRj

How are #carnivory , brain size, & drug use related? Drs Ed Hagen, Aaron Blackwell, Aaron Lightner (PhD ‘21), & Roger Sullivan (@sacstate) argue that zoonotic disease affecting human's large brains favored use of pharmacological plants & healers: osf.io/76bka/

📷I Sanogo

A new pre-print w/ Aaron Blackwell, Aaron Lightner & Sullivan that weaves together human carnivory, shamanism, & encaphalization.

'We propose that in the story of human evolution, which has long featured hunters, healers had an equal role to play'

🧵 1/n

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We've got an open tenure track position for a cultural anthropologist focused on health, medicine, etc. Somewhat vaguely defined so lots of people can apply! (E.g., many faculty in our cultural stream are also in our evolutionary stream.)

Please join us!
UCSB Integrative Anth Sciences is hiring a tenure-track biological anthropologist (assistant prof): 'addressing health disparities from evolutionary and/or ecological perspectives'. Apply by 12/23! For full ad and to apply: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF01988
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Next Friday is #NWEEHB7 - the NW Evolution, Ecology, & Human Behavior Symposium, hosted by us & Boise State Anthro! We're fully virtual, & Monique Borgerhoff Mulder & Jamie Jones (@juemos) are giving plenaries. Check out the program & register (it's free!) at anthro.wsu.edu/nweehb7

A new collection of articles on cultural stuff in an evolutionary cognitive perspective openbookpublishers.com/product/1424 all open access, free chapter downloads. Enjoy!

Happy to share that this paper has now been published in elife! Thanks to all co-authors, especially Aaron Blackwell for all the hard work.
Link to paper: elifesciences.org/articles/59437
Press release here: news.wsu.edu/2021/06/01/see…

Are the effects of #inequality on #health universal? In eLife - the journal, Dr Aaron Blackwell & others find that among the Tsimane, individual & community poverty mean higher blood pressure, but many other health effects of inequality are absent: elifesciences.org/articles/59437

📷Adrian Jaeggi