News
2019-02-14
New KLI Fellow Alice LACINY
We welcome our new postdoctoral fellow Alice LACINY who will work on the project "Eco-Evo-Devo in Action: Parasite-Induced Morphologies in Ants."
2019-03-07
New junior visiting fellow Lorenzo DEL SAVIO (University of Munich)
We welcome Lorenzo DEL SAVIO (University of Munich) to the KLI who will work on his project "Are Humans Self-domesticated Animals?"
2018-02-13
New Issue of Biological Theory (including Thematic Section on `Function and Malfunction´)
Biological Theory Issue 13:1 is online now. Enjoy the introduction to the thematic section / guest editorial ...
2019-09-01
New Ideas on the Emergence and Evolution of Life
KLI Colloquium: Roberto Cazzolla Gatti (Tomsk State University), 3 September, 5.00 pm
2021-01-18
New fellow at the KLI: Luis Alejandro Villanueva Hernández
Welcoming Alejandro back as a postdoc fellow!
2022-02-05
New book: The Convergent Evolution of Agriculture in Humans and Insects
A new addition to the Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology at The MIT Press
2019-10-09
New book of the Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology
'Convergent Evolution on Earth. Lessons for the Search for Extraterrestrial Life' by George R McGhee Jr.
An analysis of patterns of convergent evolution on Earth that suggests where we might look for similar convergent forms on other planets.
2019-10-09
New book of the Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology
'Evolutionary Causation' edited by Tobias Uller & Kevin N. Laland.
A comprehensive treatment of the concept of causation in evolutionary biology that makes clear its central role in both historical and contemporary debates.
2021-04-26
New book in Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology: Rethinking Cancer
Leading scientists argue for a new paradigm for cancer research, proposing a complex systems view of cancer supported by empirical evidence.
2021-09-01
New book in Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology: Levels of Organization in the Biological Sciences
Edited by Daniel S. Brooks, James DiFrisco, and William C. Wimsatt, the new book examines a core structural principle in the biological sciences- the nature and significance of levels of organization.
2021-10-04
Neurodiversity and anthropomorphism in social insect research
Alice Laciny's new fellowship explores how the perceptions and approaches of neurodivergent researchers come into play within social insect research.
2021-02-24
Neanderthal feces on fire illuminates gut microbiome features
KLI fellow Stephanie Schnorr writes about her latest paper in Communications Biology.
2020-02-10
Naeem revisits Naeem et al. 1994: Reading between the Lines of a Scientific Paper
KLI Colloquium: Hari SRIDHAR (National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore), 25 February 2020, 5.00 pm
2018-04-26
Musical Capacities and Social Interaction: A Coevolutionary Approach
KLI Colloquium: Luis Alejandro Villanueva (KLI), 3 May, 3.00 pm
2021-06-11
Multiple Approaches to Understanding Human Pelvic Evolution – A Reappraisal of the Obstetrical Dilemma
Nicole GRUNSTRA (KLI), 17 June 2021, 3.00 pm. To join our colloquium please register with Zoom.
2020-12-07
Multi-isotopic and morphometric evidence for the migration of farmers leading up to the Inka conquest of the southern Andes
KLI fellow Lumila Paula Menéndez and colleagues show a migration pulse preceding the Inka expansion from a northern maize-farming population that would have been part of a widespread period of change in settlement patterns, population movements, and social identities.
2019-10-28
Movie: Lumila MENÉNDEZ | Ten Thousand Years of Cranial Evolution in South America
"Why are humans so diverse? How do we evolve as a species?" KLI postdoc fellow anthropologist Lumila Menéndez talks about 10,000 Years of Cranial Evolution in SouthAmerica in 1.5 minutes!
2019-10-22
Movie: Luis Alejandro VILLANUEVA | The Origins of Music
"When and where did music start?"
Watch... and listen!... to KLI alum & guest researcher Alejandro Villanueva talk about his work on the cognitive origins of music and the roles they play in social interactions.