We are very happy to welcome our new Writing-Up Fellow Ben Kawam to the KLI. Ben is a PhD student in behavioural ecology at the German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany, in the research group of Julia Ostner and Oliver Schülke. He is also an external researcher in the Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture, at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany. His research interest lies in building bridges between theory and data to explain variation in animal behaviour. Ben will be a Writing-Up Fellow at the KLI from 15 May to 14 November 2025. (Click on title to read more.)
We are very happy to welcome our new Writing-Up Fellow Ben Kawam to the KLI. Ben is a PhD student in behavioural ecology at the German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany, in the research group of Julia Ostner and Oliver Schülke. He is also an external researcher in the Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture, at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany. His research interest lies in building bridges between theory and data to explain variation in animal behaviour. Ben will be a Writing-Up Fellow at the KLI from 15 May to 14 November 2025. (Click on title to read more.)
We are very happy to welcome our new Post-Doctoral Fellow Marcelo Domingos de Santis to the KLI. Marcelo is trained in Systematics and Phylogenetics. He received his Ph.D degree in Zoology in 2021 from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, and has had Postdoc experiences at the Museu Nacional, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2022-23), and the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels, Bonn, Germany (2023-24). In his current research, Marcelo is interested in exploring new paths to address systematic problems, such as using EvoDevo research in phylogenetics. (Click on title to read more.)
We are very happy to welcome our new Post-Doctoral Fellow Marcelo Domingos de Santis to the KLI. Marcelo is trained in Systematics and Phylogenetics. He received his Ph.D degree in Zoology in 2021 from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, and has had Postdoc experiences at the Museu Nacional, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2022-23), and the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels, Bonn, Germany (2023-24). In his current research, Marcelo is interested in exploring new paths to address systematic problems, such as using EvoDevo research in phylogenetics. (Click on title to read more.)
We are very happy to welcome Dean Falk back to the KLI. Dean is the Hale G. Smith Professor of Anthropology and a Distinguished Research Professor at Florida State University in Tallahassee, where she teaches and does research. She is trained as a physical anthropologist, and is interested in the evolution of the brain and the emergence of human cognitive abilities that led to language, music, analytical thinking, and warfare. She is a Visiting Fellow at the KLI from 8 May to 21 June 2025. Here’s wishing Dean a wonderful time at the KLI. (Click on title to continue.)
We are very happy to welcome Dean Falk back to the KLI. Dean is the Hale G. Smith Professor of Anthropology and a Distinguished Research Professor at Florida State University in Tallahassee, where she teaches and does research. She is trained as a physical anthropologist, and is interested in the evolution of the brain and the emergence of human cognitive abilities that led to language, music, analytical thinking, and warfare. She is a Visiting Fellow at the KLI from 8 May to 21 June 2025. Here’s wishing Dean a wonderful time at the KLI. (Click on title to continue.)
A recent paper in Science by Vagheesh Narasimhan and his team from the University of Texas sheds new light on the 'Obstetrical Dilemma' – the long-debated conflict regarding the optimal pelvic structure for bipedalism and successful childbirth in humans. Christina Berndt of Süddeutsche Zeitung covers this new finding, along with perspectives and insights from international researchers in the field, including Barbara Fischer and Philipp Mitteroecker of the KLI. (Click on the title to continue.)
A recent paper in Science by Vagheesh Narasimhan and his team from the University of Texas sheds new light on the 'Obstetrical Dilemma' – the long-debated conflict regarding the optimal pelvic structure for bipedalism and successful childbirth in humans. Christina Berndt of Süddeutsche Zeitung covers this new finding, along with perspectives and insights from international researchers in the field, including Barbara Fischer and Philipp Mitteroecker of the KLI. (Click on the title to continue.)
We are delighted to have KLI alumna Cristina Villegas join the KLI again, this time as 'Group Leader, Philosophy of the Life Sciences'. Cristina is a philosopher of biology specializing in causal explanations, probabilities and chance in evolutionary biology, with a special focus on evo-devo and evolvability research. She is particularly interested in the intersection between evolutionary developmental biology and evolutionary quantitative genetics, and her work revolves around the epistemological, ontological, and historical aspects of this intersection. We wish Cristina a wonderful new beginning at the KLI! (Click on title to continue...)
We are delighted to have KLI alumna Cristina Villegas join the KLI again, this time as 'Group Leader, Philosophy of the Life Sciences'. Cristina is a philosopher of biology specializing in causal explanations, probabilities and chance in evolutionary biology, with a special focus on evo-devo and evolvability research. She is particularly interested in the intersection between evolutionary developmental biology and evolutionary quantitative genetics, and her work revolves around the epistemological, ontological, and historical aspects of this intersection. We wish Cristina a wonderful new beginning at the KLI! (Click on title to continue...)
