Chris Buckley
@chrisbuckley.bsky.social
Anthropologist with interests in cultural evolution, phylogenetics, classical methods, weaving. Interface of archaeology and ethnography. Author of "Stone and Fiber: Daily life in the Baliem valley, Papua".
Interesting article about cultural forgetting ... progress is not inevitable giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
How economies forget
From Nasa’s shuttle programme to Polaroid film, societies can lose capabilities as well as gain them. Why they are so hard to get back?
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February 1, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Interesting article about cultural forgetting ... progress is not inevitable giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Darwin’s Airport finch. The short beak is adapted for eating crackers
February 1, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Darwin’s Airport finch. The short beak is adapted for eating crackers
Darwin is known for his theory of Evolution, and on Galápagos he is also known for beer and nightlife
February 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Darwin is known for his theory of Evolution, and on Galápagos he is also known for beer and nightlife
One of Darwin’s finches, adapting to the Galapagos airport cafe area
February 1, 2026 at 4:24 PM
One of Darwin’s finches, adapting to the Galapagos airport cafe area
Galapagos crabs, trying not to get washed away
January 31, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Galapagos crabs, trying not to get washed away
Galápagos land iguana
January 31, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Galápagos land iguana
Galapagos crab, rocks, and sea
January 29, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Galapagos crab, rocks, and sea
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Our volume on Stone Age clothing is now online and completely open access:
Jöris, O., Dietrich, O., Risch, R., & Meller, H. (Hrsg.). (2026). A Stone Age History of Clothing: Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag vom 26. bis 28. September 2024 in Halle (Saale).
doi.org/10.11588/pro...
Jöris, O., Dietrich, O., Risch, R., & Meller, H. (Hrsg.). (2026). A Stone Age History of Clothing: Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag vom 26. bis 28. September 2024 in Halle (Saale).
doi.org/10.11588/pro...
January 28, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Our volume on Stone Age clothing is now online and completely open access:
Jöris, O., Dietrich, O., Risch, R., & Meller, H. (Hrsg.). (2026). A Stone Age History of Clothing: Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag vom 26. bis 28. September 2024 in Halle (Saale).
doi.org/10.11588/pro...
Jöris, O., Dietrich, O., Risch, R., & Meller, H. (Hrsg.). (2026). A Stone Age History of Clothing: Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag vom 26. bis 28. September 2024 in Halle (Saale).
doi.org/10.11588/pro...
Some reasons not to become a Jesuit priest. Quito, Ecuador
January 18, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Some reasons not to become a Jesuit priest. Quito, Ecuador
to note ... session 191 at the upcoming European Archaeology conference in Athens ...
January 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM
to note ... session 191 at the upcoming European Archaeology conference in Athens ...
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Please take this advice seriously!!
Peer Review is broken because a generation of Editors were trained that peer review is sacrosanct. Thus we have Editors who are clerks, sending and re-sending manuscripts to reviewers until they are happy. That's not the job. Be an Editor, not a clerk. Use your skill and judgement. Make decisions.
January 15, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Please take this advice seriously!!
Snow lions, chasing the elephant of ignorance. Gongkar Chode, near Lhasa
January 13, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Snow lions, chasing the elephant of ignorance. Gongkar Chode, near Lhasa
The shrubs in our yard are trimmed by professionals who work 24/7 in all weathers
January 11, 2026 at 9:29 PM
The shrubs in our yard are trimmed by professionals who work 24/7 in all weathers
I'm on X as well as Bluesky, and I'm disappointed not to have seen any deepfake nudes, zero posts by Elon, and no invitations to far-out rallies by right-thinking folks. What am I doing wrong?
January 10, 2026 at 11:30 PM
I'm on X as well as Bluesky, and I'm disappointed not to have seen any deepfake nudes, zero posts by Elon, and no invitations to far-out rallies by right-thinking folks. What am I doing wrong?
Boyer: "Why is most cultural anthropology largely irrelevant?" The good news is that, 150 years after Tylor, we have a decent shot at getting to a genuine science of culture www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) From Studious Irrelevancy to Consilient Knowledge: Modes Of Scholarship and Cultural Anthropology
PDF | How does the community of social scientists actually decide that a certain research program counts as a contribution to social science? On what... | Find, read and cite all the research you need...
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January 10, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Boyer: "Why is most cultural anthropology largely irrelevant?" The good news is that, 150 years after Tylor, we have a decent shot at getting to a genuine science of culture www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Whenever I think of NY (admittedly not very often), I think of this cartoon
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Whenever I think of NY (admittedly not very often), I think of this cartoon
I've found the slogan for my publishing venture
January 6, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I've found the slogan for my publishing venture
Cute dog in the yard this morning. I'm thinking of adopting it
January 5, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Cute dog in the yard this morning. I'm thinking of adopting it
Favorite bookstore of 2025: the one in Mexico City ... featuring The Guy Who Tried To Steal An Early Edition of The Quixote
January 2, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Favorite bookstore of 2025: the one in Mexico City ... featuring The Guy Who Tried To Steal An Early Edition of The Quixote
Scanning some old slides for an article. This is a petroglyph from the far west of Tibet, made before 0CE. In the so-called Scythian style, in which sinuous game animals appear to float on tiptoe
January 1, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Scanning some old slides for an article. This is a petroglyph from the far west of Tibet, made before 0CE. In the so-called Scythian style, in which sinuous game animals appear to float on tiptoe
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December 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Says that all alcohol consumption is risky (like driving cars, going outdoors), but fails to quantify the risk. Bad science writing 🙄
The new science of alcohol: why recent guidance says more than 2 drinks per week is risky
#Alcohol #Canada #Science #Scicomm
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#Alcohol #Canada #Science #Scicomm
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The new science of alcohol: why recent guidance says more than 2 drinks per week is risky | CBC The Nature of Things
Follow Anthony Morgan’s journey as he sets out to learn more about the risks of moderate alcohol use
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December 31, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Says that all alcohol consumption is risky (like driving cars, going outdoors), but fails to quantify the risk. Bad science writing 🙄
I was going to write a summary of what I did this year, but I discovered that I can't be bothered. So instead here is a picture of some monkeys in the rain, from a trip to Indonesia
December 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I was going to write a summary of what I did this year, but I discovered that I can't be bothered. So instead here is a picture of some monkeys in the rain, from a trip to Indonesia
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🎄 New paper! 🎁
Since the 20s it's been said that "the Hadza don't use traps". Except sporadic snaring, none have been reported. So I was excited to find baited cage traps in use. More exciting, this was cross-cultural transmission — seldom seen in action!
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tinyurl.com/cagetrap
Since the 20s it's been said that "the Hadza don't use traps". Except sporadic snaring, none have been reported. So I was excited to find baited cage traps in use. More exciting, this was cross-cultural transmission — seldom seen in action!
1/5
tinyurl.com/cagetrap
(PDF) First recorded use of cage traps by the Tanzanian Hadza: A case of cross-cultural transmission
PDF | While hunting is a critical subsistence strategy for the Tanzanian Hadza, reports of trapping have traditionally been minimal. Snare trapping of... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...
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December 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🎄 New paper! 🎁
Since the 20s it's been said that "the Hadza don't use traps". Except sporadic snaring, none have been reported. So I was excited to find baited cage traps in use. More exciting, this was cross-cultural transmission — seldom seen in action!
1/5
tinyurl.com/cagetrap
Since the 20s it's been said that "the Hadza don't use traps". Except sporadic snaring, none have been reported. So I was excited to find baited cage traps in use. More exciting, this was cross-cultural transmission — seldom seen in action!
1/5
tinyurl.com/cagetrap