eSYMb: The Evolution of Early Symbolic Behaviour

Day 3 of the @ERC_eSYMb workshop on the evolution of symbolic behaviour and in memory of the amazingly brilliant Kristian Tylen and his incredible impact. Org by @izzy_wisher1 et al the workshop has brought together super cool international collaborators, colleagues and friends

Episode 5: Cave art, cognition and human evolution The amazing @izzy_wisher1 & @kristian_tylen from @ERC_eSYMb dig deep into early human behavior, meaning making and take us back to the fascinating paleolithic times! Details and show notes here: interactingminds.au.dk/podcast

Now @izzy_wisher1 from @ERC_eSYMb, speaking on an #interdisciplinary project, "Playful Making: Identifying Children as Artists in the Upper Palaeolithic through Developmental Psychology"

We have a shiny new logo! Designed by our very own @kristian_tylen - and bonus points to anyone that can identify all the Palaeolithic art!

And next, the one and only @kristian_tylen is unpacking (and getting input on) a new series of experiments on recognition and production of cave drawings - such cool things are coming in the future from the @ERC_eSYMb team!

Now, the brilliant @AVermillet is presenting in our Research meeting for experimental and computational studies, laying out in-progress work on meaning and symbolic traits in cave art / archeological record @ERC_eSYMb Super fascinating stuff!

Busy day indeed! Sampling in the morning followed by intense discussions with a joint @ERC_CLIOARCH/@ERC_eSYMb group meeting and research seminar with A. Maier from Cologne to top off the week

Go Arnault! 💪

The newest member of eSYMb, @AVermillet, is defending his thesis today! Best of luck, Arnault!

Tomorrow 13.30, the exceptionally multi-talented @AVermillet will defend his PhD thesis @AarhusUni_int - and its public, so you’re all cordially invited. Reception afterwards is at the IMC. We can’t wait 🥳 phd.health.au.dk/display/artike…

New publication by the eSYMb team! We (@izzy_wisher1 @kristian_tylen) discuss some of the reasons why a generalised ideography may not exist, given the deep time depth of icons. Is it because it's constrained by material media? Read more here👇 doi.org/10.1017/S01405…

Explicit metacognition: our human superpower 💪 On Tuesday the 26th 11am (CET), we are thrilled to have the one and only @cdfrith tell us about uniquely human abilities - all are welcome to join, as always! Registration is required (see link) ☕️&🥪on us! interactingminds.au.dk/events/single-…