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Big enough to matter: on the frequency and chronology of giant handaxes in the British Lower Palaeolithic (2024)
Journal Article
Dale, L., Rawlinson, A., Knowles, P., Foulds, F., Ashton, N., Bridgland, D., & White, M. (2024). Big enough to matter: on the frequency and chronology of giant handaxes in the British Lower Palaeolithic. Antiquity, https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.30

Hypertrophic ‘giant’ handaxes are a rare component of Acheulean assemblages, yet have been central to debates relating to the social, cognitive and cultural ‘meaning’ of these enigmatic tools. The authors examine giant handaxes from the perspective o... Read More about Big enough to matter: on the frequency and chronology of giant handaxes in the British Lower Palaeolithic.

Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment (2024)
Journal Article
Eppley, T. M., Reuter, K. E., Sefczek, T. M., Tinsman, J., Santini, L., Hoeks, S., …Mittermeier, R. A. (in press). Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment. Conservation Letters, https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13007

Conservation funding is currently limited; cost‐effective conservation solutions are essential. We suggest that the thousands of field stations worldwide can play key roles at the frontline of biodiversity conservation and have high intrinsic value.... Read More about Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment.

Host movement dominates the predicted effects of climate change on parasite transmission between wild and domestic mountain ungulates (2024)
Journal Article
Dickinson, E. R., McFarland, C., Toïgo, C., Scantlebury, D. M., Stephens, P. A., Marks, N. J., & Morgan, E. R. (2024). Host movement dominates the predicted effects of climate change on parasite transmission between wild and domestic mountain ungulates. Royal Society Open Science, 11(1), Article 230469. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230469

Climate change is shifting the transmission of parasites, which is determined by host density, ambient temperature and moisture. These shifts can lead to increased pressure from parasites, in wild and domestic animals, and can impact the effectivenes... Read More about Host movement dominates the predicted effects of climate change on parasite transmission between wild and domestic mountain ungulates.

Developing student-led research: Customer, consumer, colleague, collaborator (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Tan, E., Loughlin, E., & Joyce-Gibbons, A. (2023, August). Developing student-led research: Customer, consumer, colleague, collaborator. Paper presented at The 17th Biennial EARLI Conference., Tampere, Finland

Three case studies, three years and three differing student-led methodologies. The common factor across all three case studies is that they are informed by student engagement and have a student-led focus. Research carried out by a team comprising of... Read More about Developing student-led research: Customer, consumer, colleague, collaborator.

The Cultural Transmission and Evolution of Folk Narratives (2023)
Book Chapter
Tehrani, J. (2023). The Cultural Transmission and Evolution of Folk Narratives. In J. Tehrani, J. Kendal, & R. Kendal (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution (C39S1-C39P96). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198869252.013.39

Folk narratives—such as fairy tales, legends, and fables—are products of tradition, rather than individual authors. As they get passed on from person to person and from generation to generation new variants evolve, some of which catch on and generate... Read More about The Cultural Transmission and Evolution of Folk Narratives.

Cinderella’s Family Tree. A Phylomemetic Case Study of ATU 510/511 (2023)
Journal Article
Sakamoto Martini, G., Kendal, J., & Tehrani, J. J. (2023). Cinderella’s Family Tree. A Phylomemetic Case Study of ATU 510/511. Fabula: Journal of Folktale Studies, 64(1-2), 7-30. https://doi.org/10.1515/fabula-2023-0002

This case study contributes to recent attempts to apply “phylomemetic” methods derived from computational biology to oral traditions, where the aim is to trace the mutation and diversification of folk narratives as they get passed on from generation... Read More about Cinderella’s Family Tree. A Phylomemetic Case Study of ATU 510/511.

Canopy structure and air temperature inversions impact simulation of sub-canopy longwave radiation in snow-covered boreal forests (2023)
Journal Article
Rutter, N., Essery, R., Baxter, R., Hancock, S., Horton, M., Huntley, B., …Woodward, J. (2023). Canopy structure and air temperature inversions impact simulation of sub-canopy longwave radiation in snow-covered boreal forests. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128(14), Article e2022JD037980. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD037980

Longwave radiation is often the dominant source of energy for snowmelt in forests. Measurements at forest sites of varying density in Sweden and Finland show that downwelling longwave radiation is enhanced under forest canopies, even for sparse canop... Read More about Canopy structure and air temperature inversions impact simulation of sub-canopy longwave radiation in snow-covered boreal forests.

Group size and mating system predict sex differences in vocal fundamental frequency in anthropoid primates (2023)
Journal Article
Aung, T., Hill, A. K., Pfefferle, D., McLester, E., Fuller, J., Lawrence, J. M., …Puts, D. A. (2023). Group size and mating system predict sex differences in vocal fundamental frequency in anthropoid primates. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 4069. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39535-w

Vocalizations differ substantially between the sexes in many primates, and low-frequency male vocalizations may be favored by sexual selection because they intimidate rivals and/or attract mates. Sexual dimorphism in fundamental frequency may be more... Read More about Group size and mating system predict sex differences in vocal fundamental frequency in anthropoid primates.

Cultural niche construction with application to fertility control: A model for education and social transmission of contraceptive use (2023)
Journal Article
Denton, K. K., Kendal, J. R., Ihara, Y., & Feldman, M. W. (2023). Cultural niche construction with application to fertility control: A model for education and social transmission of contraceptive use. Theoretical Population Biology, 153, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2023.06.001

The evolution of a cultural trait may be affected by niche construction, or changes in the selective environment of that trait due to the inheritance of other cultural traits that make up a cultural background. This study investigates the evolution o... Read More about Cultural niche construction with application to fertility control: A model for education and social transmission of contraceptive use.

A camera trap method for estimating target densities of grey squirrels to inform wildlife management applications (2023)
Journal Article
Beatham, S., Stephens, P., Coats, J., Phillips, J., & Massei, G. (2023). A camera trap method for estimating target densities of grey squirrels to inform wildlife management applications. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, Article 1096321. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1096321

Effective wildlife population management requires an understanding of the abundance of the target species. In the UK, the increase in numbers and range of the non-native invasive grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis poses a substantial threat to the ex... Read More about A camera trap method for estimating target densities of grey squirrels to inform wildlife management applications.

Personality at work (2023)
Journal Article
Ritz, J., Woods, S., Wille, B., Woo, S., Nübold, A., Beckmann, N., …Christiansen, N. (2023). Personality at work. Personality Science, 4, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.5964/ps.7045

Studies of personality at work have made significant contributions to theory and applied practice in work and organizational settings. This review article proposes that there are also reciprocal influences between core personality science and researc... Read More about Personality at work.

Pain through the perspective of art and creativity: insights from the Unmasking Pain project (2023)
Journal Article
Johnson, M. I., Chazot, P., Cole, F., Cruickshank, R., Fuller, D., Keyse, C., …Woodall, J. (2023). Pain through the perspective of art and creativity: insights from the Unmasking Pain project. Frontiers in Pain Research, 4, Article 1179116. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2023.1179116

People struggle to tell their story of living with pain and when they do it is articulated in a way that may not be understood, heard or taken seriously. Unmasking Pain is an artist-led project that explored creative approaches to tell stories of lif... Read More about Pain through the perspective of art and creativity: insights from the Unmasking Pain project.

Drivers of the changing abundance of European birds at two spatial scales (2023)
Journal Article
Gregory, R., Eaton, M. A., Burfield, I., Grice, P. V., Howard, C., Klvaňová, A., …Burns, F. (2023). Drivers of the changing abundance of European birds at two spatial scales. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 378(1881), Article 20220198. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0198

Detecting biodiversity change and identifying its causes is challenging because biodiversity is multifaceted and temporal data often contain bias. Here, we model temporal change in species' abundance and biomass by using extensive data describing the... Read More about Drivers of the changing abundance of European birds at two spatial scales.

Remote monitoring of short-term body mass variation in savanna ungulates (2023)
Journal Article
Fuentes-Allende, N., Stephens, P., MacTavish, L., MacTavish, D., & Willis, S. (2023). Remote monitoring of short-term body mass variation in savanna ungulates. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.338

Large herbivores in seasonal environments often experience mass variation due to temporal changes in the availability of critical resources like water and forage, as well as due to breeding events. Yet the documentation of mass variation in mammals o... Read More about Remote monitoring of short-term body mass variation in savanna ungulates.

Global biome patterns of the Middle and Late Pleistocene (2023)
Journal Article
Huntley, B., Allen, J. R., Forrest, M., Hickler, T., Ohlemüller, R., Singarayer, J. S., & Valdes, P. J. (2023). Global biome patterns of the Middle and Late Pleistocene. Journal of Biogeography, https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14619

Our primary aim was to assess the hypothesis that distinctive features of the patterns of vegetation change during successive Quaternary glacial–interglacial cycles reflect climatic differences arising from forcing differences. We addressed this hypo... Read More about Global biome patterns of the Middle and Late Pleistocene.

Climate, not Quaternary biogeography, explains skull morphology of the long-tailed macaque on the Sunda Shelf (2023)
Journal Article
Grunstra, N. D., Louys, J., & Elton, S. (2023). Climate, not Quaternary biogeography, explains skull morphology of the long-tailed macaque on the Sunda Shelf. Quaternary Science Reviews, 310, Article 108121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108121

Sundaland, comprising the low-lying Sunda Shelf, the major islands of Borneo, Sumatra, and Java, as well as many smaller surrounding islands, formed a contiguous landmass through much of the Pliocene and Pleistocene. Subsequent late-Pleistocene risin... Read More about Climate, not Quaternary biogeography, explains skull morphology of the long-tailed macaque on the Sunda Shelf.

Mental health and well‐being in primatology: Breaking the taboos (2023)
Journal Article
Setchell, J. M., Unwin, S., & Cheyne, S. M. (2023). Mental health and well‐being in primatology: Breaking the taboos. Evolutionary Anthropology, https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21984

We hope to raise awareness of mental health and well-being among primatologists. With this aim in mind, we organized a workshop on mental health as part of the main program of the Winter meeting of the Primate Society of Great Britain in December 202... Read More about Mental health and well‐being in primatology: Breaking the taboos.

Acoustic telemetry informs capture susceptibility of an anadromous fish (2023)
Journal Article
Jubb, W., Noble, R., Dodd, J., Nunn, A., Lothian, A., Albright, A., …Bolland, J. (2023). Acoustic telemetry informs capture susceptibility of an anadromous fish. Fisheries Research, 32, Article 106737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106737

Information on movement ecology and susceptibility to fishing gears is becoming increasingly employed in the management of commercial fisheries. This study combined acoustic telemetry (n = 51 and 52) and a simple passive integrated transponder (PIT)... Read More about Acoustic telemetry informs capture susceptibility of an anadromous fish.