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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes

@dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social
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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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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 5h
Men will put up with a female protagonist so long as you give them enough tidbits about agricultural reform to keep them interested.
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 7h
To be fair my favorite author is George Elliot so I can see the argument.
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 10h
Chosen completely at random
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 13h
Crafting weapons is not "stupid things" Julia, it is an essential expression of his liberty as an American man.
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Glory be to god for dappled things, for skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44399/...
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Pied Beauty
Glory be to God for dappled things –    For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;       For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;…
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Dappled things
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A fantastic paper tackling myths with LOTS of evidence - asking: just how egalitarian are hunter-gatherer societies? Link includes a great blog too in @uk.theconversation.com
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Or buy 25 copies at once why not! bulkbookstore.com/humans-97982...
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Humans (The Evolution of a Species)
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A very beautifully illustrated book. I wrote the sections on inequality, war and peace, social bonding and food. Available at your favorite independent bookshop.
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
⚠️ New Paper! 📣 Egalitarianism has been tied to hunter-gatherer subsistence - but is that justified? In synthesising 30 expert commentaries, we argue that the processes underwriting hunter-gatherer egalitarianism appear in most all human societies; though their efficacy is context dependent.
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Beyond egalitarian societies: Egalitarianism as a human universal | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core
Beyond egalitarian societies: Egalitarianism as a human universal - Volume 49
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hunter‑gatherer societies are often put on a pedestal as paragons of equality, but the reality is more complicated | The Conversation theconversation.com/hunter-gathe...
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Hunter-gatherer societies are often put on a pedestal as paragons of equality – but the reality is more complicated
Hunter-gatherers do not always seek total equality, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t egalitarian.
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This may be a lost Velazquez
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
But unlike a business UK universities cannot charge market prices for their services
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Leonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In other words, a 10 percent contraction in one of Britain’s most successful exports. If it were steel or fish or other infinitely less profitable sectors, people would be having a meltdown.
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Modern behavior needs some scare quotes imho
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Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 07/10/2026
Neanderthals were talented hunters AND home decorators. Evidence from a Spanish rock shelter includes new tool types and evidence for windbreaks and other domestic arrangements. “Now we can start to imagine the spaces they were living in,” says archaeologist @annemiekemilks.bsky.social. @science.org
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Neanderthals were skilled woodworkers, first-of-its-kind tool trove reveals
Find in Spanish cave provides rare window into the domestic lives of our closest relatives
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Borneo Wildfire Relief Fund
Fires are burning across Kalimantan, Borneo, including in forests that are home to 52% of all Bornean orangutans. At some of the world's most important orangutan research sites, staff and local commun...
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Olympia L K Campbell @olkcampbell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
New Paper out now in PNAS: Is cousin marriage associated with greater or lower exposure to physical intimate partner violence and coercive control? www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Cousin marriage and reduced exposure to intimate partner violence and coercive control | PNAS
Cousin marriage, practiced by over 10% of the world’s population, restructures kinship networks by overlapping blood and affinal ties. Theory makes...
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David W Lawson @davidwlawson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
An Evil Much Exaggerated: The Consequences of Cousin Marriage. A comment on @olkcampbell.bsky.social's excellent work on cousin marriage, intimate partner violence and coercive control. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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An evil much exaggerated? The consequences of cousin marriage | PNAS
An evil much exaggerated? The consequences of cousin marriage
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Radical Anthropology @radicalanthro.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Researchgate link for the Radical Anthropology team's BBS commentary 'Gender is critical to understanding how egalitarianism works' #anthropology #huntergatherers #gender www.researchgate.net/publication/41…
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Chris von Rueden @chrisvonrueden.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Description of my work with @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social on egalitarianism: theconversation.com/hunter-gathe...
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Hunter-gatherer societies are often put on a pedestal as paragons of equality – but the reality is more complicated
Hunter-gatherers do not always seek total equality, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t egalitarian.
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oh no! Her cruise line video was great!
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I think this is the first time I've ever seen a complete numreffed bibliography in a tweet!
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I think you might be right you know!
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
For the decades of art historians who have denied that Jacques-Louis David's Battle of Thermopylae is sexy, this one wouldn't even register.
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Roope Kaaronen @roopekaaronen.net · 03/10/2026
An essay I wrote eight years ago, relevant each autumn: "Mushroom foraging is an art of active perception that deserves to be studied with patience, taught with rigor, and passed on to future generations with contagious enthusiasm." thesideview.co/journal/the-...
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The Art of Mushroom Foraging
Mushroom foraging is an art of active perception that deserves to be studied with patience, taught with rigor, and passed on to future generations with contagious enthusiasm.
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hunter‑gatherer societies are often put on a pedestal as paragons of equality, but the reality is more complicated | The Conversation theconversation.com/hunter-gathe...
theconversation.com
Hunter-gatherer societies are often put on a pedestal as paragons of equality – but the reality is more complicated
Hunter-gatherers do not always seek total equality, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t egalitarian.
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That's me, on that font cover there. I'm a biped.
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Seventeen??? I think I just turned into dust.
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Major remissions!
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Tanay Katiyar @adigitaltanay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Does spreading mental health awareness online amplify self-diagnosis? In my first PhD pre-print, I empirically examine this question (n =3392) with some kick-ass collaborators and tools from cultural evolution A 🧵
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
📣 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...
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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
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wait! Hadas! Most android and Apple phones can transfer all your apps from your last phone!
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thanks Ray, and likewise we profited from your commentary
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The full article with commentaries and response is here. These are not all mine to share publicly, but if you'd like a copy of the PDF, please shoot me an email at my Baylor address. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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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 - Volume 49
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For anyone without access, you can find the full text of our response article on my Researchgate, here. To quote the Hitchhiker's Guide, please: #ShareAndEnjoy www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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(PDF) Beyond egalitarian societies: Egalitarianism as a human universal
PDF | Many traditional subsistence groups have been described as ‘egalitarian societies’. Here we demonstrate, empirically, that nominally egalitarian... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Once again, the BBS discussion format has proven hugely rewarding, and thanks to the 30+ experts who provided input incl: @dorsaamir.bsky.social @radicalanthro.bsky.social @evolvingmoloch.bsky.social @thomscottphillips.bsky.social @zhgarfield.com @rayhames.bsky.social @vivek123.bsky.social
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Radical Anthropology @radicalanthro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Radical Anthropology's team just published this BBS comment in response to @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social and @chrisvonrueden.bsky.social 's piece on 'Egalitarianism is not equality' We say 'Gender is critical to understanding how egalitarianism works' www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Gender is critical to understanding how egalitarianism works | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core
Gender is critical to understanding how egalitarianism works - Volume 49
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
⚠️ New Paper! 📣 Egalitarianism has been tied to hunter-gatherer subsistence - but is that justified? In synthesising 30 expert commentaries, we argue that the processes underwriting hunter-gatherer egalitarianism appear in most all human societies; though their efficacy is context dependent.
cambridge.org
Beyond egalitarian societies: Egalitarianism as a human universal | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core
Beyond egalitarian societies: Egalitarianism as a human universal - Volume 49
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Look forward no longer, the authors response is here!! (We really enjoyed your commentary) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Beyond egalitarian societies: Egalitarianism as a human universal | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core
Beyond egalitarian societies: Egalitarianism as a human universal - Volume 49
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Claudio Tennie @ctennie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The role of know-how copying in and beyond [Chater & Christiansen's] Social Tinkering - BBS, just out doi.org/10.1017/S014...
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The role of know-how copying in and beyond social tinkering | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core
The role of know-how copying in and beyond social tinkering - Volume 49
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
'preciated
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Haha Texas is *extremely* polite. I'd never thought of that but yes manners could save your life.
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And moreover cooperative lethality leads to drastically reduced cost punishment.
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh for sure! Language and long term coordination have many advocates. The MAD theory crops up periodically but is fringe.
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I do think the cooperation literature underrates the fact that, thanks to our technology, humans are many times more lethal to their conspecifics than any other primate. It pays to get along.
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Video killed the radio star
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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New commentary on Chater & @mh-christiansen.bsky.social's "Social Tinkering". Drawing on their theory of bottom-up, emergent complexity, 1) I show that complex cultural institutions frequently privilege particular subgroups; and 2) argue that humans are well-adapted 'cultural lobbyists'.
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(PDF) A lobbying theory of cultural evolution: Rhetoric, expediency, and self-interest promote inequality in the prescriptive grammar of complex institutions
PDF | Anthropologists have noted, time and again, that cultural norms and institutions often (1) are “functional,” providing context-relevant benefits,... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
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Ryan @ryanwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives.
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