Duncan Stibbard Hawkes
@dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social
Anthropologist interested in hunter-gatherer egalitarianism | Asst Prof @BaylorAnthro.bsky.social | Editor-in-Chief, Hunter-Gatherer Research | Spelling errors my own
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(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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🎄 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
Is effective counter-dominance unique to hunter-gatherers? Though states sometimes invest tremendous resources surpressing it, I do not think so. And you can read what me and @chrisvonrueden.bsky.social have to say about it here.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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January 7, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Is effective counter-dominance unique to hunter-gatherers? Though states sometimes invest tremendous resources surpressing it, I do not think so. And you can read what me and @chrisvonrueden.bsky.social have to say about it here.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Much discussion about how might makes right and the strong dominate the weak.
But history and hunter-gatherer Anthropology tell us the opposite. Our species is adept at recognising and countering dominance.
www.jstor.org/stable/2801707
But history and hunter-gatherer Anthropology tell us the opposite. Our species is adept at recognising and countering dominance.
www.jstor.org/stable/2801707
Egalitarian Societies on JSTOR
James Woodburn, Egalitarian Societies, Man, Vol. 17, No. 3 (Sep., 1982), pp. 431-451
www.jstor.org
January 7, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Much discussion about how might makes right and the strong dominate the weak.
But history and hunter-gatherer Anthropology tell us the opposite. Our species is adept at recognising and countering dominance.
www.jstor.org/stable/2801707
But history and hunter-gatherer Anthropology tell us the opposite. Our species is adept at recognising and countering dominance.
www.jstor.org/stable/2801707
Imho any alternative to legacy academic publishing has to look, swim and quack like a traditional journal - at least at first.
Cultural evolution is capable of jumping larger gaps in morphospace than genetic evolution - but it still has substantial inertia.
Cultural evolution is capable of jumping larger gaps in morphospace than genetic evolution - but it still has substantial inertia.
Some cool ideas here. Anything like this would need major polishing to make it paletable for folks who don't get hot and bothered thinking about decentralised protocols... But good food for thought.
8. How could this tech help fix scientific publishing, and why should academic papers each have their own account?
January 6, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Imho any alternative to legacy academic publishing has to look, swim and quack like a traditional journal - at least at first.
Cultural evolution is capable of jumping larger gaps in morphospace than genetic evolution - but it still has substantial inertia.
Cultural evolution is capable of jumping larger gaps in morphospace than genetic evolution - but it still has substantial inertia.
Some cool ideas here. Anything like this would need major polishing to make it paletable for folks who don't get hot and bothered thinking about decentralised protocols... But good food for thought.
8. How could this tech help fix scientific publishing, and why should academic papers each have their own account?
January 6, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Some cool ideas here. Anything like this would need major polishing to make it paletable for folks who don't get hot and bothered thinking about decentralised protocols... But good food for thought.
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1. My new preprint has its own bluesky account. Why? The problems facing social media & scientific publishing are similar: both are dominated by powerful oligopolies. The @atproto.com tech underlying bluesky that aims to solve the social media prob might also help solve the scientific pub prob 🧪 🧵
1. Preprint: Menopause averted a midlife energetic crisis with help from older children and parents: A simulation study. zenodo.org/records/1814...
Menopause is rare, known to occur only in humans and toothed whales: 🧵
Menopause is rare, known to occur only in humans and toothed whales: 🧵
January 6, 2026 at 3:12 PM
1. My new preprint has its own bluesky account. Why? The problems facing social media & scientific publishing are similar: both are dominated by powerful oligopolies. The @atproto.com tech underlying bluesky that aims to solve the social media prob might also help solve the scientific pub prob 🧪 🧵
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Great to read Vivek's interview with Bob - lots of interesting things here. And not just the insights into Binford's data collection 😱. Thanks to both Vivek and Bob for the publication!
Check out my interview with Bob Kelly in Hunter Gatherer Research.
The view from 30,000 feet: An interview with archaeologist Robert L Kelly
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
The view from 30,000 feet: An interview with archaeologist Robert L Kelly
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
The view from 30,000 feet: An interview with archaeologist Robert L Kelly: Hunter Gatherer Research: Vol 0, No 0
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Great to read Vivek's interview with Bob - lots of interesting things here. And not just the insights into Binford's data collection 😱. Thanks to both Vivek and Bob for the publication!
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This episode is fantastic
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:06 AM
This episode is fantastic
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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!
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
(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...
tinyurl.com
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
Reposted by Duncan Stibbard Hawkes
Check out my interview with Bob Kelly in Hunter Gatherer Research.
The view from 30,000 feet: An interview with archaeologist Robert L Kelly
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
The view from 30,000 feet: An interview with archaeologist Robert L Kelly
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
The view from 30,000 feet: An interview with archaeologist Robert L Kelly: Hunter Gatherer Research: Vol 0, No 0
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Check out my interview with Bob Kelly in Hunter Gatherer Research.
The view from 30,000 feet: An interview with archaeologist Robert L Kelly
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
The view from 30,000 feet: An interview with archaeologist Robert L Kelly
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
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New article in Hunter Gatherer Research!
Foraging societies practice consensus-based politics. We conduct a xc review and argue that it helps to boost collective intelligence.
Consensus, cooperation and collective intelligence in foraging societies
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
Foraging societies practice consensus-based politics. We conduct a xc review and argue that it helps to boost collective intelligence.
Consensus, cooperation and collective intelligence in foraging societies
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
Consensus, cooperation and collective intelligence in foraging societies | Hunter Gatherer Research
Consensus-based collective decision-making is a common feature of political life in hunter-gatherer (forager) societies. In this paper, we ask why. Synthesising evidence from anthropology and experimental social psychology, we argue that consensus-based ...
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 3:58 PM
New article in Hunter Gatherer Research!
Foraging societies practice consensus-based politics. We conduct a xc review and argue that it helps to boost collective intelligence.
Consensus, cooperation and collective intelligence in foraging societies
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
Foraging societies practice consensus-based politics. We conduct a xc review and argue that it helps to boost collective intelligence.
Consensus, cooperation and collective intelligence in foraging societies
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
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The Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Toulouse School of Economics offers jobs for Postdoctoral Researchers with a PhD in psychology, cognitive science, anthropology, or related disciplines.
Deadline for application: January 23, 2026
www.tse-fr.eu/groups/depar...
Deadline for application: January 23, 2026
www.tse-fr.eu/groups/depar...
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
www.tse-fr.eu
January 5, 2026 at 7:17 PM
The Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Toulouse School of Economics offers jobs for Postdoctoral Researchers with a PhD in psychology, cognitive science, anthropology, or related disciplines.
Deadline for application: January 23, 2026
www.tse-fr.eu/groups/depar...
Deadline for application: January 23, 2026
www.tse-fr.eu/groups/depar...
Unfortunately, this pig gave in to the temptations of the white witch.
January 5, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Unfortunately, this pig gave in to the temptations of the white witch.
Glad to say that BBS is now accepting commentary proposal our target article "Egalitarianism is Not Equality". The deadline is the 27th of January.
If you are interested in submitting a commentary, please feel free to shoot me a message for instructions.
If you are interested in submitting a commentary, please feel free to shoot me a message for instructions.
📣 New BBS preprint out now! 📣
"Models casting egalitarian societies as crucibles of equality perpetuate the factually uninformed notion that foragers are somehow more noble. Critiques portray egalitarianism as romantic fantasy. Neither characterization is wholly justified."
doi.org/10.1017/S014...
"Models casting egalitarian societies as crucibles of equality perpetuate the factually uninformed notion that foragers are somehow more noble. Critiques portray egalitarianism as romantic fantasy. Neither characterization is wholly justified."
doi.org/10.1017/S014...
Egalitarianism is not Equality: Moving from outcome to process in the study of human political organisation | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core
Egalitarianism is not Equality: Moving from outcome to process in the study of human political organisation
doi.org
January 5, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Glad to say that BBS is now accepting commentary proposal our target article "Egalitarianism is Not Equality". The deadline is the 27th of January.
If you are interested in submitting a commentary, please feel free to shoot me a message for instructions.
If you are interested in submitting a commentary, please feel free to shoot me a message for instructions.
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January 2, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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I've used Liverpool University Press's green open access policy to share this research but here's the journal link from Hunter Gatherer Research.
Please consider submitting special interest papers like this to HGR! We really do have great editors. 6/5
tinyurl.com/mt8a5p9z
Please consider submitting special interest papers like this to HGR! We really do have great editors. 6/5
tinyurl.com/mt8a5p9z
First recorded use of cage traps by the Tanzanian Hadza: A case of cross-cultural transmission: Hunter Gatherer Research: Vol 0, No 0
While hunting is a critical subsistence strategy for the Tanzanian Hadza, reports of trapping have traditionally been minimal. Snare trapping of small ungulates and terrestrial birds is noted in rare cases, but most meat is acquired through encounter ...
tinyurl.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I've used Liverpool University Press's green open access policy to share this research but here's the journal link from Hunter Gatherer Research.
Please consider submitting special interest papers like this to HGR! We really do have great editors. 6/5
tinyurl.com/mt8a5p9z
Please consider submitting special interest papers like this to HGR! We really do have great editors. 6/5
tinyurl.com/mt8a5p9z
Theory of mind example:
We tried to review this triple blind (identity hidden from editor), but Freddie was so keen I should review it that Vivek had to spill the beans! The result was Freddie knew who I was but I thought that she didn't, and she must have noticed that I didn't know that she knew.
We tried to review this triple blind (identity hidden from editor), but Freddie was so keen I should review it that Vivek had to spill the beans! The result was Freddie knew who I was but I thought that she didn't, and she must have noticed that I didn't know that she knew.
Huge thanks to @fhillemann.bsky.social for executing her duties as editor so wonderfully here, and to my reviewers. Thanks also to all four participants for answering many many questions.
I'm sure there are flashier papers in my oeuvre, but I'm particularly excited about this one. 7/5
I'm sure there are flashier papers in my oeuvre, but I'm particularly excited about this one. 7/5
December 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Theory of mind example:
We tried to review this triple blind (identity hidden from editor), but Freddie was so keen I should review it that Vivek had to spill the beans! The result was Freddie knew who I was but I thought that she didn't, and she must have noticed that I didn't know that she knew.
We tried to review this triple blind (identity hidden from editor), but Freddie was so keen I should review it that Vivek had to spill the beans! The result was Freddie knew who I was but I thought that she didn't, and she must have noticed that I didn't know that she knew.
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December 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Only a week left to put in applications for the Baylor graduate programme. We're a well-organised, well-funded dept with strong specialisms in human health and behaviour. Please share this with any promising applicants.
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It also shows us that Hadza hunting technology is not crystalised in time, but changes and adapts, even as people retain their identities as hunter-gatherers. 5/5
December 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
It also shows us that Hadza hunting technology is not crystalised in time, but changes and adapts, even as people retain their identities as hunter-gatherers. 5/5
Only a week left to put in applications for the Baylor graduate programme. We're a well-organised, well-funded dept with strong specialisms in human health and behaviour. Please share this with any promising applicants.
CALLING ANTHROPOLOGY PHD APPLICANTS! Interested integrative approaches to #health and #humanbehavior? Our #PhD program might be for you! State-of-the-art facilities. #Global perspective. Full funding. Competitive stipend. Application Jan 5th!
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Graduate Program
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December 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Only a week left to put in applications for the Baylor graduate programme. We're a well-organised, well-funded dept with strong specialisms in human health and behaviour. Please share this with any promising applicants.
Reposted by Duncan Stibbard Hawkes
CALLING ANTHROPOLOGY PHD APPLICANTS! Interested integrative approaches to #health and #humanbehavior? Our #PhD program might be for you! State-of-the-art facilities. #Global perspective. Full funding. Competitive stipend. Application Jan 5th!
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December 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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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!
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
(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...
tinyurl.com
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
If there were an ELO system for accidentally hanging your pieces and saying "Haha, Oh!", mine would be 2k as well.
December 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If there were an ELO system for accidentally hanging your pieces and saying "Haha, Oh!", mine would be 2k as well.
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Counting down our most popular papers of the year.. in at no. 6 is a #BiologyLetters study showing sulphur-crested #cockatoos in Sydney learned to operate public drinking fountains, using their beaks and feet to turn taps and access water: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
December 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Counting down our most popular papers of the year.. in at no. 6 is a #BiologyLetters study showing sulphur-crested #cockatoos in Sydney learned to operate public drinking fountains, using their beaks and feet to turn taps and access water: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
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you know, these days, many people time of year. but this season, try when to everything a special time — it just might become which with you
December 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
you know, these days, many people time of year. but this season, try when to everything a special time — it just might become which with you
Beware the Gravadlax, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Happy Christmas, to those that do!
Our traditional Christmas morning breakfast: homemade gravadlax, cream cheese and pumpernickel.
The gravadlax was cured first with a beetroot, juniper and orange cure, then a brown sugar and dill cure.
#hobbybaker #homemade #Christmas #foodie #Whatscooking 🍽️🍜🎄🎁
Our traditional Christmas morning breakfast: homemade gravadlax, cream cheese and pumpernickel.
The gravadlax was cured first with a beetroot, juniper and orange cure, then a brown sugar and dill cure.
#hobbybaker #homemade #Christmas #foodie #Whatscooking 🍽️🍜🎄🎁
December 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Beware the Gravadlax, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!