Michael Gurven
@MGurven
Professor of Anthropology @ UC Santa Barbara; Chair, Integrative Anthropological Sciences; indigenous health; evolutionary medicine; aging over ageing
Is the “mid-life crisis” universal? 🤔 #UCSB’s @MGurven found that the classic U-shaped happiness curve doesn’t apply to all societies. In rural communities, happiness often remains steady, or even peaks in one’s middle age. 📈 ow.ly/33cN50TTMbn
WEIRD Physiology: while psychologists continue to insist that they can infer 'human' thinking from narrow American samples, data from on physiology, health & anatomy confirms the phenotype-altering impact of WEIRD lifestyles. Fascinating piece @MGurven nature.com/articles/s4358…
Thrilled to announce my new book on shelves soon: SEVEN DECADES: HOW WE EVOLVED TO LIVE LONGER Our longevity is shaped by our evolutionary past—imagine aging as opportunity rather than burden. Out Sept 16, preorder w/ code PUP30 30% discount: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Our (with Oskar Burger and Ron Lee) edited volume Human Evolutionary Demography is now published by @OpenBookPublish 🎉 32 chapters completely free to read, including an impressive line-up of researchers working in this area 😊
Open PhD position in statistical primate demography: eva.mpg.de/career/positio… Based in the Department of Primate Behavior and Evolution @MPI_EVA_Leipzig, Leipzig (Germany). Deadline for application July 15, 2024.
We are thrilled to have @MGurven present at @RCGD_ISR @UmEHAP today on why humans have evolved a 7-decade lifespan. Join us at @umisr 1430 at 2 pm. (We will distribute free eclipse viewing glasses and end in time to observe!) 😎
Studying aging populations at @umisr? Join next week's @RCGD_ISR @UmEHAP seminar from @MGurven for an evolutionary perspective on human aging and longevity. @MiCDA_UMISR @hrsisr @UM_PSC @UM_SRC
What a joy to finally present this work to a room full of paleopathologists!
Congratulations to Amy Anderson! Winner of the IJPP Early Career Confeence Award for her amazing work on the aetiology of cribra orbitalia ##ppa2024
JOB ALERT! Calling social/behavioural/cognitive scientists of all stripes interested in Collective Behaviour/Collective Intelligence. Join us in our small but growing interdisciplinary research team in Rabat, Morocco! Up to 4 (!!) permanent jobs available. Deadline April 15th.
New textbook on Human Behavioural Ecology just out. Kudos to Jeremy Koster, @bascelza & Mary Shenk for their cat-herding skills and guiding this volume into print/pixels 😊 cambridge.org/core/books/hum…
‘Me & my menopause’: a view from women around the world “Millions of women are being let down by lack of support during menopause. We asked 6, from Brazil to Bangladesh, to share their stories of fighting stigma, dealing with symptoms & supporting others” theguardian.com/global-develop…
I'm hiring a post-doc for a 2-year position to study ritual, religion, & explanations of misfortune in Indonesia. Applications will be reviewed starting March 1. Please spread the word & reach out if you have questions! Job ad: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06264
G. Purzycki has put out a call for applications to support up to two field seasons of support for a focused, 3-year project (ending Dec. 2026) on the relationship between religion, cooperation, and social ecology. For details pure.au.dk/portal/en/proj…
Interested in single-cell data, brain, and evolution? Postdoc position available in the Soojin Yi lab (at UC Santa Barbara). Genomic data analysis experience required (Python/R, databases). recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02653