Dear BERGers It’s been another great year for BERG, with three new appointments. We look forward to welcoming *Pawel Fedurek* <https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/weDYCqx5z4UKZlKTZrCr3> and *Anthony Lee* <https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/UCu3Crk5A4CPEoPizNVJZ> in January, and *Sharon Kessler* <https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/NUzuCv25G4fpxKpfzitB5> in June, 2019. We’ve had a cracking autumn BERG seminar series ably organised by Gemma Mackintosh, with Deborah Bruce taking the reins for the spring semester. These meetings are such important opportunities for feedback and for networking, and so we offer *big thanks **to all our speakers*, *and to the organisers*. Finally, the University’s Top Ten of most shared 2018 articles – as measured by the Altmetric score of attention – has just been released, and two BERGers feature. *Dr Liz Williamson* (and BES’s Boo Maisels) got *number one* spot Strindberg S, *Maisels F*, *Williamson EA*, Blake S, Stokes E, Aba’a R, Abitsi G, Agbor A, Ambahe R, Bakabana PC, Bechem M,Berlemont A, de Semboli B, Boundja PR & *Jeffery KJ* (2018) Guns, germs, and trees determine density and distribution of gorillas and chimpanzees in Western Equatorial Africa, *Science Advances*, 4 (4), Art. No.:eaar2964. *https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aar2964* <https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/EuWBCwp5J4SJK9JhKDaQa>. Full-text available from: *http://hdl.handle.net/1893/27128* <https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/aI4XCxk5K4CnkwnhRjIBW> And *Prof Craig Roberts* was in third place. Jones BC, Hahn AC, Fisher C, Wang H, Kandrik M, Han C, Fasolt V, Morrison D, Lee AJ, Holzleitner IJ, O’Shea KJ, *Roberts SC*, Little AC & DeBruine LM (2018) No Compelling Evidence That Preferences for Facial Masculinity Track Changes in Women’s Hormonal Status, *Psychological Science*, 29 (6), pp. 996-1005. *https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797618760197* <https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/2ez5CyP5LgfqZkqFAK1D_>. Full-text available from: *http://hdl.handle.net/1893/27213* <https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/QJNACzp5MjSQ69QhBN4vg> Congratulations to them! Blog posting at: *https://isnews.stir.ac.uk/2018/12/19/stirlings-top-ten-most-shared-2018-articles/* <https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/pa2_CADo3kiL42LiOm3s5> Tweets at: *https://twitter.com/isstirling/status/1075426049859694592* <https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/OSBwCBBp30fpjBpf7xxhe> *https://twitter.com/isstirling/status/1075389493430153216* <https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/0feGCDkr3nCNq0NInnBEI> Happy holidays! Hannah Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) Room 3A79, Cottrell Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland Tel: 01786 467674 Fax: 01786 467641 E-mail: *h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk* &lt;h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk&gt; Home page: *https://rms.stir.ac.uk/converis-stirling/person/11925* <https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/wgQ1CERv3oCVLMVUKZR9x> *http://marmosetcare.com/* <https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/VAUcCG6x3qtKkGKTBTPBU> *http://www.247animalwelfare.eu/index.html* <https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/_twZCJ6A3wt3Z53u8KaBg> Recently launched: *http://refiningdogcare.com/* <https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/MZ74CKrB3xCzOmzhXQ0Zn> *http://www.refiningdogcare.com/images/RDC%20Flyer.pdf* <https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/9uoBCM8g3zSMXWMu7oOZw> BERG Mailing List: BERG(a)lists.stir.ac.uk https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/ApgwCNkj3ACD7XDIPN58b