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!
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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
I do not mind at all Claudio!
Mind if I chime in? "Our findings support the notion that the last common ancestor of humans and great apes—living approximately 14 Ma—was already capable of the tool-use behaviours studied here" royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Young children spontaneously invent wild great apes’ tool-use behaviours
Abstract. The variety and complexity of human-made tools are unique in the animal kingdom. Research investigating why human tool use is special has focused
royalsocietypublishing.org
February 2, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I do not mind at all Claudio!
Should add that one of the study authors (@annemiekemilks.bsky.social) wrote a fantastic commentary on this very issue and you can read it here:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
February 2, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Should add that one of the study authors (@annemiekemilks.bsky.social) wrote a fantastic commentary on this very issue and you can read it here:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Difficult to resist the urge to tweet 'told you so' every I see a headline like this. And so I've decided not to resist that urge at all!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 2, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Difficult to resist the urge to tweet 'told you so' every I see a headline like this. And so I've decided not to resist that urge at all!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Stranger than fiction this stuff. But also I'm struggling to parse it. How does the erosion of globalisation help VCs like Theil? It's a barrier to the free commerce which has done nothing but benefit him...
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Stranger than fiction this stuff. But also I'm struggling to parse it. How does the erosion of globalisation help VCs like Theil? It's a barrier to the free commerce which has done nothing but benefit him...
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“The artifacts, made from alder and willow or poplar, represent the oldest known hand-held wooden tools and push back evidence of this kind of technology by at least 40,000 years.”
430,000-Year-Old Discovery Reveals Earliest-Known Evidence of Humans Using Wooden Tools
Learn how two wooden tools discovered in Greece mark the earliest known evidence of humans shaping wood, moving the timeline back roughly 40,000 years.
www.discovermagazine.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
“The artifacts, made from alder and willow or poplar, represent the oldest known hand-held wooden tools and push back evidence of this kind of technology by at least 40,000 years.”
Our egalitarianism paper has captured the hearts of the French press; and the back-translations have *much* more flair than the original!
February 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Our egalitarianism paper has captured the hearts of the French press; and the back-translations have *much* more flair than the original!
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i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll
xikipedia.org
xikipedia.org
February 1, 2026 at 11:43 PM
i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll
xikipedia.org
xikipedia.org
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I sing "I'm pickin' up good citations" every time someone completely misinterprets my findings.
January 31, 2026 at 10:57 PM
I sing "I'm pickin' up good citations" every time someone completely misinterprets my findings.
February 1, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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NGL this description of Bsky in Vulture cracked me up
January 31, 2026 at 2:02 PM
NGL this description of Bsky in Vulture cracked me up
Hauser. Now there's a name I would never have associated with any wrongdoing 😮
The Epstein files apparently contain at least one complete manuscript 🧪 #AcademicSky www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 1, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Hauser. Now there's a name I would never have associated with any wrongdoing 😮
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I like that someone saved this post and plans to also invest their time rationally.
January 30, 2026 at 9:28 AM
I like that someone saved this post and plans to also invest their time rationally.
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🚨 New Paper Alert!
We investigated the developmental trajectories of intra-ethnic and inter-ethnic social norm acquisition among BaYaka and Bandongo in northern Rep. Congo, a community where inter-ethnic cooperation is common. We found that...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
We investigated the developmental trajectories of intra-ethnic and inter-ethnic social norm acquisition among BaYaka and Bandongo in northern Rep. Congo, a community where inter-ethnic cooperation is common. We found that...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
The social learning and development of intra- and inter-ethnic sharing norms in the Congo Basin
Compared to other species, the extent of human cooperation is unparalleled. Such cooperation is coordinated between community members via social norms. Developmental research has demonstrated that ver...
journals.plos.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:36 AM
🚨 New Paper Alert!
We investigated the developmental trajectories of intra-ethnic and inter-ethnic social norm acquisition among BaYaka and Bandongo in northern Rep. Congo, a community where inter-ethnic cooperation is common. We found that...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
We investigated the developmental trajectories of intra-ethnic and inter-ethnic social norm acquisition among BaYaka and Bandongo in northern Rep. Congo, a community where inter-ethnic cooperation is common. We found that...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Join us on Feb 4th for the Anthropology Hosts: Climate Change event, where our presenters from universities across Texas will discuss interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the nature, impacts, and forecasts for climate change past and present.
calendar.web.baylor.edu/event/2026/1...
calendar.web.baylor.edu/event/2026/1...
January 28, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Join us on Feb 4th for the Anthropology Hosts: Climate Change event, where our presenters from universities across Texas will discuss interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the nature, impacts, and forecasts for climate change past and present.
calendar.web.baylor.edu/event/2026/1...
calendar.web.baylor.edu/event/2026/1...
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It's here! zhgarfield.github.io/files/singh_...
Ask @manvir.bsky.social for the behind-the-scenes version
Ask @manvir.bsky.social for the behind-the-scenes version
January 28, 2026 at 10:39 AM
It's here! zhgarfield.github.io/files/singh_...
Ask @manvir.bsky.social for the behind-the-scenes version
Ask @manvir.bsky.social for the behind-the-scenes version
Ah, man, 142 is such a great sample size in my own research area.
N=142, not a serious poll.
Sample size of 143, one month from the election, with no Labour or Green candidates selected
January 28, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Ah, man, 142 is such a great sample size in my own research area.
January 27, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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It was such a privilege to get to work on this amazing material from an incredible site and team - now the earliest handheld wooden tools in the archaeological record, taking evidence back to 430,000 years! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Evidence for the earliest hominin use of wooden handheld tools found at Marathousa 1 (Greece) | PNAS
The Middle Pleistocene (MP; ca. 774 to 129 ka) marks a critical period of human evolution,
characterized by increasing behavioral complexity and th...
www.pnas.org
January 27, 2026 at 11:01 AM
It was such a privilege to get to work on this amazing material from an incredible site and team - now the earliest handheld wooden tools in the archaeological record, taking evidence back to 430,000 years! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
This is an very hard read, but a powerful reminder of the importance of institutional transparency, regulation and accountability.
Sometimes these ideals seem theoretical. Their consequences are not.
Sometimes these ideals seem theoretical. Their consequences are not.
I'm finding Alex Petti's murder especially hard to process because he's almost the same age my brother Kelly would have been if he had not also been killed. Details are different, but in both, the people in power decided not to investigate themselves.
shorthand.radionz.co.nz/kelly-savage...
shorthand.radionz.co.nz/kelly-savage...
Death Bed: The story of Kelly Savage
A young New Zealander entered a Japanese hospital in psychosis. He left braindead. His grieving mother is fighting for change.
shorthand.radionz.co.nz
January 26, 2026 at 4:58 PM
This is an very hard read, but a powerful reminder of the importance of institutional transparency, regulation and accountability.
Sometimes these ideals seem theoretical. Their consequences are not.
Sometimes these ideals seem theoretical. Their consequences are not.
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In these times of trouble, it's nice to see exchanges like this.
Well this is humiliating.
Should be trivial yes but certified palaeogrpahic clown that I am, for the life of me I can't figure out the trailing word at the end of each line of this ledger. England ≈1550
Bonus: or this first name 🤡
Put me out of my misery?
#palaeography #earlymodern #skystorians
Should be trivial yes but certified palaeogrpahic clown that I am, for the life of me I can't figure out the trailing word at the end of each line of this ledger. England ≈1550
Bonus: or this first name 🤡
Put me out of my misery?
#palaeography #earlymodern #skystorians
January 26, 2026 at 2:50 AM
In these times of trouble, it's nice to see exchanges like this.
In these times of trouble, it's nice to see exchanges like this.
Well this is humiliating.
Should be trivial yes but certified palaeogrpahic clown that I am, for the life of me I can't figure out the trailing word at the end of each line of this ledger. England ≈1550
Bonus: or this first name 🤡
Put me out of my misery?
#palaeography #earlymodern #skystorians
Should be trivial yes but certified palaeogrpahic clown that I am, for the life of me I can't figure out the trailing word at the end of each line of this ledger. England ≈1550
Bonus: or this first name 🤡
Put me out of my misery?
#palaeography #earlymodern #skystorians
January 26, 2026 at 2:50 AM
In these times of trouble, it's nice to see exchanges like this.
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The Cambridge Disinformation Summit will discuss, with global lawmakers, the effects on democracy of concentrated media ownership.
“No other period in history has seen such a rapid and overwhelming buy up of our means of communications by the billionaire class.”
mronline.org/2025/12/03/t...
“No other period in history has seen such a rapid and overwhelming buy up of our means of communications by the billionaire class.”
mronline.org/2025/12/03/t...
The seven richest billionaires are all media barons - MR Online
What the planet’s mega-rich capture of our media system shows is that billionaires are not only a serious drain on resources, but an existential threat to an open society and the free flow of informat...
mronline.org
January 25, 2026 at 7:38 AM
The Cambridge Disinformation Summit will discuss, with global lawmakers, the effects on democracy of concentrated media ownership.
“No other period in history has seen such a rapid and overwhelming buy up of our means of communications by the billionaire class.”
mronline.org/2025/12/03/t...
“No other period in history has seen such a rapid and overwhelming buy up of our means of communications by the billionaire class.”
mronline.org/2025/12/03/t...