Conference Details

IMPORTANT DATES

March 19  Abstract acceptance confirmation date
April 15  Early Registration deadline
June 3  Regular Registration deadline
June 4 - 7

 Conference dates - Late/Onsite Registration

  • HBES Officer & Committee Meetings start at 9:00 AM on June 4th
  • First plenary address begins at 1:30 PM on June 4th
  • Awards, Banquet, and Keynote ends at 9:00 PM on June 7th 

ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS

  • Limited space for presentations is still available.  Abstracts for talks, Data Blitzes, Panel Discussions, Symposia, and posters should be submitted as soon as possible for best consideration.  
  • Presenters should be first author of only ONE conference presentation.  
  • Submit questions to HBES2025@stockton.edu. 

Types of Presentations:

Presentation Sessions will be 60 or 80 minutes in length.  

  1. 15-minute Talk - Traditional 15-minute talk plus 5-minutes of Q&A
  2. 5-minute Data Blitz - 5-minute, data-driven presentations with Q&A at session's end
  3. Poster Presentation - Standard 3'x4' or 3'x3' display posters (or smaller) 
  4. Contribution to a Panel Discussion - Unique contributions to coordinated discussion of a topic  
  5. Talk in a Topical Symposium - 10-minute talks on the same topic organized by a session coordinator
Abstract Deadline has passed.

  (200 words or less)

INVITED SPEAKERS

Keynote

Elizabeth Cashdan

Finding our way around: Studies of spatial cognition in small-scale societies

Cashdan

Plenaries

Michael Platt
The Neural Code Supporting Multidimensional Social Relationships

platt

Beverly Strassmann

Biology within Culture:  40 years of field research among the Dogon of MaliStrassmann

James Roney
Decoding the evolved functions of hormones: The theoretical frameworks approach. 
Roney

Norm Li

Why People Aren’t Having Children: A Life History Mismatch Perspective on Low Fertility

NormLi

Oliver Scott Curry
Curry

Siobhán Cully
8 rules for managing patriarchy in the evolutionary behavioral sciences
Cully