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Tom Currie’s organising a one day workshop on Modern approaches to investigating cultural evolution, in November:

The LERN (London Evolutionary Research Network) in association with AHRC CECD (AHRC Centre for the Evolution of Cultural Diversity) is pleased to announce an informal workshop for postgraduate and post-doctoral students to showcase modern approaches to investigating cultural evolution. The workshop represents an excellent opportunity for young researchers to learn about new techniques and approaches, talk about problems or difficulties with current research, and establish links with researchers from other disciplines.

Should be fun, and it’ll keep Tom out of mischief for a bit at least.

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I’m currently in New Caledonia, at the 7th International Conference on Oceanic Linguistics, so can be considered away from keyboard (et sur la plage!), but here’s a few bullet-points to tide you over.

The biologists are still managing to poke holes in creationut Behe’s new book, Jerry Coyne goes another round, as well as the lies creationists are spreading about Haldane’s “dilemma”.

..and in, uh, urine related news:

Female mice make new brain cells when they detect a dominant male’s urine, researchers have found. The discovery gives a clue as to how the chemical messages shape their receiver’s taste in mates.

…more at Powerful urine is mind-altering

National Geographic has a shiny website up about the Genographic Project

Fi has a brief rundown on our cultural phylogenetics session at Evolution 2007, whilst those of you in England and near beaches (i.e. the crazy), should watch out for the arrival of the Rubber Ducky floatilla.

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The finalised programme for the Evolution 2007 conference has been announced. I see that I’ll be talking in the coveted 9.30am-on-Sunday slot! Excellent!

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