It never ceases to amaze me how flexible and multi-purpose the human foot can be. Pics taken with the Batek of Malaysia.

In episode 1022, I talk with Dr. Vivek Venkataraman about tree climbing, running, and hunting across human societies. #Anthropology #Science youtu.be/QirFyPqN3e0

"At Brown and Harvard, more than 20 percent of undergraduates are registered as disabled. At Amherst, that figure is 34 percent." Accommodation Nation: America’s colleges have an extra-time-on-tests problem. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Check out our new paper in the journal Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, led by Ian J. Wallace. "Dampened inflammation and reduced risk of osteoarthritis among non-industrialized societies" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Bruce Winterhalder was once asked to share some professional insights. Here they are:

From the archive. Societies divide labor by gender and age. A biological anthropologist considers when and why this behavior arose. Read more: www.sapiens.org/biology/labo...

A great piece on the women's hunting debate by Elena Bridgers that covers some of our work: elenabridgers.substack.com/p/did-women-...

A great piece on the women's hunting debate by Elena Bridgers that covers some of our work: elenabridgers.substack.com/p/did-women-...

My review of Sex is a Spectrum, by Agustín Fuentes 🧪 #BioAnth blog.edhagen.net/posts/2025-0...

Some thoughts on how preferences for #leaders change with our environments: Leaders for the World We Think We Live In | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ecol... #LeadSciSky #EvPsych #CultEvol #socialpsyc #BehSci 🧪 @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @psychologytoday.com

Do not accept the premise that education is to blame for abysmal jobs outcomes. “The fantasy economy's framing of economic inequality… focuses exclusively on education…deflects attention away from decades of public policies and changing business practices that have…contributed to stagnating wages”

Published two years ago in @science.org: "Body-based units of measure in cultural evolution" We looked into how, and why, human societies have measured things with their bodies. A little thread about the deep ancestry and cross-cultural heritage of measurement: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I’ve been trying to figure out which scientists in the human evolutionary sciences were directly influenced by Robert Ardrey’s books. Mostly the answer is a resounding no.

I’ve been trying to figure out which scientists in the human evolutionary sciences were directly influenced by Robert Ardrey’s books. Mostly the answer is a resounding no.

From ancient Greece to the Arabic golden age, scholars have been driven by their curiosity to investigate astronomy, history, philosophy, and sundry other disciplines. Is there a structure to that curiosity? Are astronomers as likely to also be historians or to also be philosophers?

Changes in diet drove physical evolution in early humans www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

This is fascinating. It is also evidence in favour of taking biological agency seriously, rather than treating it as an "as if" property.

"Behavior drives morphological change during human evolution" Our new article is out in @science.org today www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Pleased to present our new preprint on sleep and circadian rhythms among the Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia. This is a fascinating system for exploring sleep biology. Lots of variation in light exposure, housing type, and subsistence. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵 below.

Some fun unpublished data from a talk I gave years ago on the sexual division of labor (SDOL) among the Batek of Malaysia. The Batek have been described as highly gender-egalitarian. Kirk and Karen Endicott collected the data in 1975-76, back when the Batek were fully nomadic foragers.

Some fun unpublished data from a talk I gave years ago on the sexual division of labor (SDOL) among the Batek of Malaysia. The Batek have been described as highly gender-egalitarian. Kirk and Karen Endicott collected the data in 1975-76, back when the Batek were fully nomadic foragers.

From our new preprint on physical activity (PA) and cardiometabolic health among the Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia. An extreme lifestyle gradient results in drastic variation in PA, w/ especially notable age-related declines in PA with urbanization www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our new preprint looks at how early life environments shape adult cardiometabolic health among the Orang Asli. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... "We find support for the Developmental Constraints model but not the Predictive Adaptive Response model in explaining adult cardiometabolic health"

Check out our new preprint! We ask: how does urbanization impact cardiometabolic health among Orang Asli and Turkana? Congrats to lead author @marinawatowich.bsky.social! www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... "We find that age effects on cardiometabolic health are highly modifiable by lifestyle..."

Useful observation by @enzaspinapolice.bsky.social that a simplistic and problematic 'man the hunter' stereotype was propagated by popular science (e.g. Audrey, Morris) and was less explicit in original academic literature. @ishpssb2025.bsky.social

I'm excited to share that my wife's book, The Mind Electric, is out! She's a brilliant neurologist and weaves together patient stories exploring the human mind. I read it and it's fantastic. If you r interested in the mind, culture, & how we make meaning, check it out! www.amazon.com/Mind-Electri...

The Friends of IAST conference has come to an end Thank you to all the attendees, presenters, partners & organizers for the richness of the moments we shared together: discussions, presentations as well as informal exchanges during the coffee breaks! 👋 @minhuayan.bsky.social S. Mitter J. Stieglitz

🎉 The Friends of IAST conference kicks off today in Toulouse! Held every two years, this event brings together IAST alumni and new research fellows—two days of reconnecting, sharing ideas, and sparking new collaborations. 👋Organizers: @minhuayan.bsky.social S. Mitter J. Stieglitz

Your next Fall read, my new book: SEVEN DECADES: HOW WE EVOLVED TO LIVE LONGER Longevity is shaped by our evolutionary past—imagine aging as opportunity rather than burden. Out Sept 16, preorder w/ code PUP30 for 30% discount: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... @princetonupress.bsky.social

And this is our recent excellent ZOOM with @vivek123.bsky.social youtu.be/6IgVqOxCxIk?...

Last week, I delivered a talk to the Radical Anthropology Group on our new preprint called The Meanings and Dividends of Man the Hunter. Thanks to @radicalanthro.bsky.social for having me! Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IgV...

Evolutionary anthropologist Vivek Venkataraman and renowned scientist David Sloan Wilson dig into how early human societies developed. 🔗Don't miss out, come along! www.prosocial.world/events/democ... #Evolution #Biology #Academic #Podcast #History #Science #ProSocial

Really looking forward to this conversation on Friday May 23 with @davidsloanwilson.bsky.social If you've ever wondered what hunter-gatherers can tell us about the evolution of democracy, please join us! www.prosocial.world/events/democ...

Tomorrow (Tues May 20) I'll be giving an online talk to the Radical Anthropology Group on our new preprint about the Meaning of Man the Hunter. All are welcome! 130pm EST ZOOM only ZOOM ID 384 186 2174 passcode Wawilak www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-meanin...

Our ZOOM tomorrow with Vivek Venkataraman on 'The Meaning and Dividends of Man the Hunter' 6:30pm ID 384 186 2174 passcode Wawilak

I highly recommend this live podcast titled "Democracy's Deep Roots: From Hunter-Gatherers to Modern Society: www.prosocial.world/events/democ.... @prosocialworld.bsky.social @vivek123.bsky.social

Looking forward to our ZOOM next week with @vivek123.bsky.social Details 👇

Looking forward to our ZOOM next week with @vivek123.bsky.social Details 👇

🚨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....

Our new paper on Arsi gelada feeding ecology! This is the southernmost living population of geladas. Their envt is lower elevation and thus hotter compared to other sites. Activity budget data suggest this is a pretty marginal envt for geladas. brill.com/view/journal...

Our team recently took a deep dive into the history of Man the Hunter. Preprint: osf.io/preprints/os... I learned some very surprising things about interactions between popular writers and practicing anthropologists. 🧵 below

This new podcast featuring @ceciliapad.bsky.social and Karen Kramer is nicely done - a balanced perspective grounded in the history of anthropology and the ethnography of hunter-gatherer societies. We need more sci comm like this! www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...

I recently did a thoroughly enjoyable two-part podcast with David Sloan Wilson at ProSocial World (@prosocialworld.bsky.social). The topic was Hunter-Gatherer Societies, Human Origins, and Modern Democracies. Feedback welcome!

Finally out 🥳: I've written and recorded a podcast episode with the amazing Karen Kramer for Sapiens Magazine on the origins and evolution of division of labour in hunter-gatherer societies, and its implications for undestanding (or misunderstanding) gender roles: open.spotify.com/episode/2ZGA...

Also, super timely release with @vivek123.bsky.social and colleagues' new paper on the Meanings and Dividends of Man the Hunter (as we touch on many similar topics, and Karen is also an author): osf.io/preprints/os...

ISHGR are now seeking hosts for CHAGS14 which we intend to take place in summer 2027. Contact [email protected] for informal discussion and details of the application process. Applications by end May25 decision end June 25.   www.ishgr.org

The phrase *Man the Hunter* has been used in 3 very different ways—causing confusion in science & the public. A new paper unpacks its history & meaning across popular evolution theory, the 1966 conference, & behavioral ecology. With @vivek123.bsky.social @edhagen.net & others osf.io/preprints/os...

@anthrofuentes.bsky.social responds to our article, which is summarized in this thread: bsky.app/profile/edha...

ISHGR regret that we have been forced to cancel CHAGS14, which was to have been held June 2026 in University of Nevada, Reno, USA. This decision reflects our concern about the current political situation in America and the uncertainties and risks for those travelling there. 1/2

Article on the meaning of "Man the Hunter mean", to address that "research in the human behavioral sciences is frequently co-opted/misinterpreted to serve different popular narratives" https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/gawbt_v1