Behavioral Ecologists, Human and Otherwise
Behavioral ecologists study how the behavior of individuals responds to their environmental context. This starter pack centers on behavioral ecologists who study humans while also incorporating researchers who study other species and systems, including non-human primates.
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@jeremykoster.bsky.social
@woodbrian.bsky.social
Evolutionary anthropologist, Assoc. Prof. of anthropology at UCLA. Interested in hunter-gatherers, foraging, spatial behavior, non-human primates, science, travel, music, the world out there. Director of the Hadza Fund.
@mauriciogforero.bsky.social
Mathematical evolutionary biologist based in St Andrews, UK. Interested in mathematical evolutionary theory, evo-devo, brain evolution, eusociality, and more. https://mauriciogforero.github.io
@jaeggiadrian.bsky.social
Evolutionary anthropology, evolutionary medicine, behavioral ecology, hormones, comparative phylogenetic methods, Bayesian. Associate Professor @ University of Zurich. Same handle on X
@jennifercullin.bsky.social
Asst Prof Anthro & Human Biology at Indiana U | Biological anthropologist researching stress, stigma, & health disparities through the lens of biological normalcy | #FirstGen | she/her | hiking | onewheel | board games | reading
@safox.bsky.social
primatologist • ev. anthropologist • nature enthusiast • activist Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California Santa Barbara she/her
@chrisvonrueden.bsky.social
@err-ring.bsky.social
Principal Data Scientist @ PyMC Labs PhD in Bio-Anth. Behavioral ecology, phylogenetics, statistics & causal inference. https://erikringen.github.io/
@flinnmv.bsky.social
Biomedical anthropologist. Family health & behavioral endocrinology. Cortisone. Caribbean researcher.
@josephfeldblum.bsky.social
Duke Evolutionary Anthropology Social and reproductive behavior of chimpanzees and others josephfeldblum.weebly.com
@elizabethhobson.bsky.social
Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati, working on animal sociality, cognition, networks, conflict, & hierarchies. (she/her)
@DieterLukas.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy
Investigating the evolution of social behaviour. Comparative Behavioral Ecology group leader (he/him) at the MPI EVA [bridged from https://fediscience.org/@DieterLukas on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@parnajarlpa.bsky.social
Anthropologist at Penn State studying and posting about indigenous land/resource ecology, behavioral ecology, cooperation, sharing, costly signaling, women’s hunting, fire ecology, plant dispersal. Also a feminist.
@rmcelreath.bsky.social
Anthropologist - Bayesian modeling - organic modem converting poetry into code - cat and cooking content too - Director @ MPI for evolutionary anthropology https://www.eva.mpg.de/ecology/staff/richard-mcelreath/
@andygardner.bsky.social
Evolution | Theory | Social Evolution | Population Genetics | Behavioural Ecology | Kin Selection | Multilevel Selection | Inclusive Fitness | Sex Ratio | Altruism | Professor of Biology at University of St Andrews, Scotland.
@mzefferman.bsky.social
Any views expressed are, at most, my own and do not reflect those of any organization.
@lspake.bsky.social
Biological anthropologist studying children, growth, stress, socioecology. Asst/Prof at Binghamton (SUNY). Runner/climber/modern primate. France > US > Canada > US. PNWer at heart. Slowly transitioning from the other apps.
@danielredhead.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Sociology at @unigroningen.bsky.social | Interdisciplinary researcher interested in social networks, cooperation, and social and economic inequality | Assistant director of the ENDOW project: endowproject.github.io 🏳️🌈
@humannature.bsky.social
Naturalist with a particular interest in humans: Evolutionary anthropologist, evolutionary psychologist, behavioral economist, studying life history theory, cooperation, and communication. https://sites.google.com/site/ericschniter/
@edseabright.bsky.social
Anthropologist. Research and education fellow, UM6P School of Collective Intelligence. Community organisation and leadership in rural Bolivia and Morocco. edseab.github.io
@kstark8.bsky.social
Anthropologist @UIC. Climate, women’s livelihoods, child growth + health, IYCF. kathrinestarkweather.com
@mgurven.bsky.social
Professor of Anthropology @ UC Santa Barbara. Aging, life history and sociality! Co-Director of Tsimane Health & Life History Project. Website: gurven.anth.ucsb.edu
@rayhames.bsky.social
Evolutionary anthropologists (University of Nebraska - Lincoln) with interest in labor and food exchanges, small scale societies, war, wildlife conservation, marriage Home-page at https://rhames.unl.edu/
@elspethready.bsky.social
@mctowner.bsky.social
Human behavioral ecologist at OSU where I get to have fun teaching human anatomy. Research in historical demography (fertility, migration), cultural evolution, and quantitative methods. Just a bit obsessed with genealogy.
@bscelza.bsky.social
Professor at UCLA. Interested in family and marital dynamics, perinatal health and maternal support. Mom-mom and dog-mom.
@nic-tg.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. Integrative Anthropological Sciences @ UCSB Sociality - Life history - Health - Primates. Co-Director Kakamega Monkey Project Dre's mom. She/They http://www.nicolethompsongonzalez.com/
@jsmartin.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist, behavioral ecologist, data scientist. Postdoc @ Fish Ecology and Evolution, Eawag. Interested in individual differences, phenotypic plasticity, and the interaction between social, ecological, and evolutionary dynamics.
@fhillemann.bsky.social
. behavioural ecologist . Foraging Ecology And Social Ties (FEASTs) . von Humboldt postdoc fellow @ Durham . SORTEE co-chair DEI committee . Preprint Editor ProcB . General Editor Hunter Gatherer Research 🌱♻️🌈🧠🌶️ ✊ally to 🏳️⚧️ and BLM fhillemann.github.io
@anthroliz.bsky.social
Postdoc at UCSB studying arranged marriage, mate choice, and parenting. www.anthroliz.com
@damienfarine.bsky.social
Analyst of collective movement and social networks of living dinosaurs. Discoverer of multilevel societies. Watcher of fishers and dolphins. Modeller of emergent phenomena. Eccellenza Prof @ Uni Zurich and A/Prof @ Australian National Uni. ERC grantee
@kris-smith.bsky.social
Postdoc at WSU Paul Allen School for Global Health studying how people work together to respond to environmental change and infectious disease across E. Africa. Interdisciplinary and plays well with others. He/him Website: kristophermsmith.com
@michelleakline.bsky.social
anthropologist in a psych dept | American in the UK | she/her | doing my best to be inclusive
@twaring.bsky.social
I study the evolution of human culture with a focus on environmental behaviors and institutions and an eye toward helping these become more sustainable on a single, limited planet. https://timwaring.info/
@davidwlawson.bsky.social
Professor of Anthropology at UC Santa Barbara Applied Evolutionary Anthropology Lab 🌍🌏🌎 Human Behavioral Ecology Global Health, Family, Gender Norms 🏳️🌈 aea-lab.com
@dominikdeffner.bsky.social
Assistant Professor for Computational Modelling of Behaviour @unimarburg.bsky.social | (Social) decision-making and (cultural) evolution | https://www.uni-marburg.de/en/fb04/team-deffner/deffner | Prev. @arc-mpib.bsky.social @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
@tvpollet.bsky.social
I study social relationships (and a bunch of random other things) with an interest in statistics. Views are my own. https://tvpollet.github.io/
@eapower.bsky.social
anthropologist, network scientist, phillumenist, Rep2SI (rep2si.github.io) & ENDOW (endowproject.github.io), assoc prof at the London School of Economics, external faculty @sfiscience.bsky.social. (she/her)
@bjjbarrett.bsky.social
dad / evolutionary (behavioral) ecologist MPI-AB and Uni Konstanz social learning, cultural evolution, extragenetic inheritance, dispersal. field & stats & math. cyclist & runner /doom metal aficionado. he/him.
@siobhancully.bsky.social
Anthropologist at #Rutgers studying disability, health, gender, inequality, evolution. Former program officer at #NSF. Mom, #DisabledinSTEM, musician. Passionate about #STEM #equity and #inclusion. Repost != endorsement. Views mine.
@avbell.bsky.social
anthropology associate professor, interested in evolution, culture, and migration https://adrianbell.wordpress.com/
@matthewmgervais.bsky.social
Lecturer in Psychology @BrunelCCE.bsky.social Sentiments & sociality co-evolving with culture. Comparative field methods & ethics. Pickles & playgrounds & ponds, oh my! https://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/matthew-gervais
@sprall.bsky.social
Anthropologist at UCLA Health, reproduction, vaccination, mistrust sprall.github.io
@dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social
Anthropologist interested in hunter-gatherer egalitarianism | Asst Prof and Leverhulme Trust ECF at Durham Anth | Editor-in-Chief, Hunter-Gatherer Research
@annepisor.bsky.social
Faculty (Penn State), lab director (https://socialitylab.org), entrepreneur. Integrative scientific anthropologist studying how people manage risk. Foodie. 🌎🌍
@rebeccasear.bsky.social
Director of the Centre for Culture and Evolution, Brunel University London @brunelcce.bsky.social. President of the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association @ehbea.bsky.social https://www.rebeccasear.org/
@robingnelson.bsky.social
Biocultural Bio Anthropologist at SHESC ASU; studying familial & community dynamics, child growth, health outcomes across the lifespan, & parental investment; parent to 2; happy introvert; loves exercise; NJ ---> AZ
@psmaldino.bsky.social
Paradigmatically promiscuous scientist. Modeler of cultural evolution and related topics. Professor at UC Merced and the Santa Fe Institute. Web: https://smaldino.com/wp/
@edhagen.net
Professor of Anthropology at Washington State University. Evolutionary medicine with a focus on drug use and mental health. Evolutionary psychology. Faculty page: https://anthro.vancouver.wsu.edu/people/hagen/
@zhgarfield.com
Evolutionary anthropologist & behavioral scientist. Leadership, punishment, conflict resolution, & cultural transitions. Asst. Prof at UM6P in FGSES & AIRESS. Co-Director of @omovalleyresearchproject.org. 📍 Rabat 🇲🇦 🌐 https://zhgarfield.github.io
@babeheim.bsky.social
cultural evolution, behavioral ecology, math models, data provenance, MOSAIC group leader @ Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology + faculty at the Leipzig School of Human Origins https://babeheim.com/
@jbsilk.bsky.social
Evolutionary anthropologist, primate behavioral ecologist, and part-time baker.
@juemos.bsky.social
Anthropologist in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability studying human adaptation, infectious disease dynamics, and climate fiction. https://heeh.stanford.edu
@heidicolleran.bsky.social
Anthropologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. https://www.eva.mpg.de/ecology/staff/heidi-colleran/ Culture | Demography | Anthropology of Reproduction. Writing a popsci book PEOPLE LIKE US due out 2027
@gillianrbrown1.bsky.social
Professor of psychology; University of St Andrews, UK; gender/sex, evolution, culture; she/her. 🌈 New edition: 'Sense & Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour' (https://tinyurl.com/yfv2kc27) Lab: https://gillianbrown.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
@abbeyepage.bsky.social
Lecturer CCE Brunel in working on all things on reproduction, childrearing, early childhood and social support. Thinks in evolutionary and other frameworks. Secretary of EHBEA. 🩷💜💙🩵
@jeremykoster.bsky.social
Aligning incentives for better science - quality over status Signer of DORA: https://sfdora.org/ Co-director of ENDOW project: https://endowproject.github.io/ Interdisciplinary socio-ecological scientist advocating for congruence of theory, data, and stats