Many of you are aware that NSF has terminated DDRIs for anthropologists and archaeologists. This is obviously a blow to these fields. It means we need to be proactive in revising expectations and training programs. This sort of thing reminds us again how important it is to be able to pivot.

The NSF Bio Anthro Program DDRIG, Cultural Anthrpology DDRIG, and Archaeology DDRIG have all been archived (as of yesterday afternoon). Please speak with your grad students and plan accordingly. To say I am angry and depressed about this is an understatement.

#Anthropology

In these troubled times, a bit of bossa nova can help lighten the mood. Here's a short one written by Jim Giddings, a retired guitarist who lives in Austin:

youtu.be/5bcnXcjYGOg

An hour after Ivana Nikoline Brønlund, born in Nuuk to Greenlandic parents who has played for the Greenlandic handball team, gave birth to her daughter, Aviaja-Luuna, the local municipality took the infant into foster care. Racism and colonialism continue on.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Reminder for bioanths on the job market!

Had a great time at @fossilconference.bsky.social! It's good to check in occasionally to see what the psychologists are up to. Nice to see some good (and fun!) evolutionary social science being done, and to meet some new folks.

Here I am at the very end of #FOSSIL2025, getting ready to drive home.

My department at Tulane has a TT position for a bioanth ("specializing in the analysis of human skeletal remains"). Apps due by Oct 15.

apply.interfolio.com/171196

Jane Lancaster (1935-2025), a major figure in the development of human behavioral ecology, passed away yesterday. Jane was on my PhD committee and was always supportive of me and my work. She will be missed.
Here is the In Memoriam posted by UNM Anthropology:
anthropology.unm.edu/news-events/...

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Finally made the long-delayed leap over here from that other place. Any suggestions on who to follow, related to bioanth, family demography, human behavioral ecology, primatology, etc.?