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Underestimating Social Complexity Among Hunter-Gatherers
Anthropologist Robin Dunbar has a recent paper arguing that as group size increases—particularly with the historical transition to larger and more…
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February 2023

Gebusi Homicide and the Cultural Influence of Violence
From one of the highest homicide rates ever recorded to none for decades
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December 2022

A Warrior's Reputation
Fame and infamy in small-scale warfare
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The Traditions of Conflict 2022 Film Awards
What I watched and appreciated
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November 2022

The Culture of the Harfoots in the show 'The Rings of Power'
As soon as the Harfoots first appear in the show The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, we are given a great deal of insight into their culture. We…
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October 2022

The Intelligence of African Hunters, and the Ignorance of Popular Hereditarians
The sophistication and skill of Bushmen hunters is, I had thought, fairly well known to many educated WEIRDos. In his book The Demon-Haunted World…
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The Sad Story of Short Kwi, Legendary Hunter of the Kalahari
This post recounts events described in the book The Harmless People (1958, 1989) by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. Among the Bushmen of Nyae Nyae in Namibia…
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September 2022

'People's Vengeance on a Disagreeable Medicine-Man'
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be—Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night, 1961. Minkiol was the most despised and…
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August 2022

July 2022

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