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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes

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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 · Mar 26

🚨Preprint alert 🚨

Forager food-sharing is often portrayed as “a positive insistence on equality” (Woodburn) or an “instinct” to equalise inequalities (Fehr). A new paper with @kris-smith.bsky.social, exploring Hadza reallocation decisions, challenges this view. 1/10 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The 'I' in Egalitarianism: Hadza Hunter-Gatherers Averse to Inequality Primarily when Personally Unfavourable

Many anthropologists and economists contend that humans are characterized by strong, universal, other-regarding equality preferences with deep evolutionary root

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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 14h

The worst of it is that in his 1993 BBS article he sets out a subset of the numerous reasons it is wrong, and then decides "hey this thing has legs" and just runs with it for the rest of his career anyway.

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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 14h

I feel like I've lost about 150 friends simply by complaining about Dumbar's number.

It is wrong theoretically, statistically, and also emprically.

Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 23h

"Dunbar's Number" is a zombie that lives forever in the science press it seems. Estimates of Dunbar's Number with 95% intervals, for a range of model specifications (from doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... ):

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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 18h

Are you even verified?

Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 23h

I think if we used the ratio of fanbase criticality to validity of criticism it wouldn't even put them in the top thousand.

Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 1d

Though the thesis - that behavioural evologists are misguided bean-counters and humans decide their own political destiny because all of us have the same sensibilities as first year philosophy students running for president of the debating society - seems like wishful thinking

Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 1d

I grant you that if one simply must read a highly partisan and simplistic narrative account of human origins TDOE is infinitely more interesting, better informed and intellectually honest than Sapiens.

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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 1d

The speed at which my head nod about Sapiens turned into a head shake about the Dawn of Everything almost gave me whiplash.

Ondřej Paška @ondrejpaska.bsky.social · 1d

Just be aware that according to actually knowledgeable experts, he gets a lot about the first 70 000 years wrong. Must recommend Dawn of Everything as a much better sourced story about early humans

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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking as an Anthropologist, Sapiens treatment of prehistory is also buck wild - it's just that everyone who might definitely care about Harari claiming they "don't have language" has been dead for 100,000 years.

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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 4d

Gale's vibe is someone you wish you hadn't had to meet at a party.

Halsins vibe is headteacher who is over-friendly with the sixth formers.

Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 6d

Ironheart sanforise almost their whole range and have some of the most durable, highest quality denim in the market.

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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 6d

You can, however, use modern sanforization techniques on shuttle-loom denim without compromising the quality of the fabric. People get really hung up on the "raw" (I.e. Shrink2fit) thing but it's, like, the least important variable.

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James van der Moezel @vandacorp.bsky.social · 9d

Australian king parrot in the backyard over the weekend.

#Australia #Canberra #spring #october #birds #photography #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NatureLovers #BirdingAdventures #Ornithology #parrot #bird

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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 8d

IMAGINE NO LONGER!

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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 8d

Oh man, can you get USB-C to RCA? Imagine Julia.

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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 8d

To the Durham Constabulary's credit, a member of the public had reported me, probably because my swift & graceful bike mounting technique made me seem like practiced thief.

Unbeknownst to me, they chased me from New Elvett to Gilesgate. Only let me go when I found the receipt.

Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 8d

The Durham police once detained me in one of these cars for half an hour because they thought I had stolen my own bike.

Lloyd Alter @lloydalter.bsky.social · 9d

Toronto could learn something from police cars in Durham, UK. Many are small and economical instead of big SUVs. Toronto police tell pedestrians to dress up like Durham police dress up their cars- bright and easy to see. Oh, and the yellow stripe? It designates a parking area labelled ”police.”

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CSIRO Publishing @csiropublishing.bsky.social · 9d

Time to flock to the polls for Australia's biggest beak-off 🐦

Cast your vote for Bird of the Year 2025:
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#BirdOfTheYear

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll

From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

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Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 14d

ACE Teaching Innovation Awards empower scholars to incorporate high-quality cultural evolution course materials into their teaching. This is a great opportunity for those from majority-world countries and ECR academics, but everyone can apply!

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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 11d

I've found a couple of my articles in AI datasets - which I consider to be my own tiny act of sabotage ❤️.

Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 12d

My subject and topic area is v. different but I'd be happy to share. Idk if you can send pdfs on bluesky but send me an email on my Baylor address.

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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 13d

Not just actual science but among the most important discoveries to come out of anthropology in the 20th century.

samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 13d

as a grad student I was interested in what human perceptual phenomena were shared with other species. I picked up "The chimpanzees of Gombe" at the library

I remember being amazed that Goodall, a household name for popular science, had done inspiringly excellent *actual* science too

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 13d

I had the pleasure of meeting Jane Goodall once. She was an inspiration to behavioral scientists, anthropologists, and conservationists; and a trailblazer in a male-dominated profession. Rest in Peace.

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Baylor Anthropology @bayloranthro.bsky.social · 14d

Humongous congratulations to not one, not two, but THREE of our grad students — Anna Samsonov, Lizzy Kim, and Teddy Thum — for securing competitive Doctoral Dissertation Research awards from the NSF Biological Anthropology.

We are lucky to have such exceptional grads.

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Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social · 18d

What if they pay me!

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Chris Buckley @chrisbuckley.bsky.social · 22d

Spotted this boat on Flores. I wonder what it's for?

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