Alex Alvergne

Evolutionary Medical Anthropologist - @isemevol @CNRS @umontpellier Occasional tweets only

[Alex Alvergne @AlexAlvergne]

Covid-19 studies should record women’s menstrual changes, recommend researchers https://t.co/6MBcfXt7bu via @BristolUni

[Alex Alvergne @AlexAlvergne]

What are the evolutionary causes of #endometriosis? If you live in the UK, are menstruating and older than 18, help us by completing this 10min survey https://t.co/tFUKLxMNDf Thank u so much!

[TimePie (focus on anti-aging science) @TimePieChina]

Environmental factors, lifestyle choices have greater impact on health than genes, a new study published on @NatureMedicine finds. #aging
By @austinargen, @AlexAlvergne, @NajafAmin, @aiden1doherty, et al.
https://t.co/PJg2uacVqN

[Crystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social @Cghlewis]

Last spring I gave a workshop on Data Cleaning for Data Sharing Using R where we learned how to assess the quality of a dataset and apply a standardized checklist of cleaning steps in #rstats.
ICYMI - The slides and exercise materials are here:
https://t.co/OknnYaXZ8T

[Alex Alvergne @AlexAlvergne]

and now ⁦@andrea_migliano⁩ ! Woohoo!

[Alex Alvergne @AlexAlvergne]

Too many cool talks at #FRESH and more to come ! https://t.co/a9M5tP240R

[Alex Alvergne @AlexAlvergne]

Population connectivity shapes the distribution and complexity of chimpanzee cumulative culture | Science https://t.co/f3rj2cmO1T

[Alex Alvergne @AlexAlvergne]

Group-level signatures in bonobo sociality | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - https://t.co/yeuw7GpoP4 "This suggests that rather than groups having different levels of sociality, different patterns of sociality exist in each group"

[Rebecca Sear @RebeccaSear]

Excellent new paper which clearly explains how “a gene-culture coevolution perspective can refute reductionist & determinist claims while providing an inclusive multidisciplinary framework to interpret human variation”

Genes, culture & scientific racism https://t.co/hN6Pbl2nAF

[Alex Alvergne @AlexAlvergne]

Testosterone mediates life‐history trade‐offs in female mammals - Crespi - Biological Reviews - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/nM8otgDLgJ

[Alex Alvergne @AlexAlvergne]

Two tiers, not one: Different sources of extrinsic mortality have opposing effects on life history traits | Behavi. & Brain Sci. https://t.co/PYnX44LOfg "energetics alone cannot account for the complex empirical record on environmentally-mediated regulation of LH strategies."

[Jaimie Arona Krems @JaimieKrems]

Can you tell how🌶️SEXUALLY INTERESTED🌶️people are IN YOU?

Not 💯

Men who are (a) into short-term mating (eg casual sex) OR (b) good-looking OVERESTIMATE women's interest in them

...esp attractive women

Women UNDERESTIMATE men's sexual interest in them

https://t.co/2qE5yLZO0K

[Alex Alvergne @AlexAlvergne]

Low haemoglobin in arduous seasons is associated with reduced chance of ovulation among women living in the Bolivia… https://t.co/IYdNOwXjdk @oxford_anthro @isemevol

[Alex Alvergne @AlexAlvergne]

Final call for abstracts for #FRESH (French Network for the Evolution Study of Humans) conference held in Lausanne 25-26th November - with @andrea_migliano as plenary speaker and organized by @Cedric_Perret13 https://t.co/WoJF97FzQP

[Alex Alvergne @AlexAlvergne]

Sons Shorten Mother’s Lifespan in Preindustrial Families with a High Level of Infant Mortality | The American Naturalist https://t.co/heBsfgyAGj

[Evolutionary Human Sciences @Journal_EHS]

UPCOMING WEBINAR: Causal Inference from Evolutionary Human Sciences

Join us October 3rd 2PM BST | 3PM CEST

Register Now > https://t.co/YSt8uSOhaD

[dan sperber @dansperber.bsky.social @dansperber]

The archives of the International Cognition and Culture Institute (active 2008-2021) are now freely online with past blogs, webinars, and discussions from anthropologists, biologists, cognitive scientists, historians, linguists, and philosophers. https://t.co/JH4qL7tYSg

[Alex Alvergne @AlexAlvergne]

👋Associate Professorship in Evolutionary Anthropology.  Full details are available on the SAME website: https://t.co/29Rz79IOYB.  The deadline for applications is 12 noon on 7th October 2024.

[Scholarship for PhD @ScholarshipfPhd]

How To Choose a Good Scientific Problem (1/3)

[Sébastien Billard @SebBillard]

Dans une tribune à lire sur @Le_NouvelObs, 2500 scientifiques appellent à la mobilisation contre l’extrême droite et dénoncent "le discours dominant qui présente le Nouveau Front Populaire comme une menace pour la République" (via @SciRebFr) https://t.co/huzRhNVAQn

[Alex Alvergne @AlexAlvergne]

Prof Joan Silk is in Montpellier ! We are finally going to understand what it means to be a daddy when you’re a primate