@zhgarfield.com
Evolutionary anthropologist & behavioral scientist. Leadership, punishment, conflict resolution. Asst. Prof at UM6P in FGSES & AIRESS. Co-Director of @omovalleyresearchproject.org. Former RF @iast.fr. 📍 Rabat 🇲🇦 🌐 https://zhgarfield.github.io
Priceless interview for all anthropologists and fieldworkers. Thank you, @ilarimakela.bsky.social & RB Lee!!
Lee’s discussions on establishing new field sites closely parallel my experiences in the Omo in Ethiopia with the @omovalleyresearchproject.org
My book "How to Eat an Elephant" hits shelves Sept. 8 but it's available for pre-order starting today.
At its core, this book is about communications, persuasion, voters, and how to save America from the toxic forces Trump has unleashed on our politics.
www.thebulwark.com/p/a-very-spe...
Paused the pod to preorder. Stoked.
Looking forward to Jamie Tehrani's guest lecture in my cultural analytics course, open to everybody. If you are in Trento and want to know more about cultural evolution, that is a great opportunity! eventi.unitn.it/en/origins-s...
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MJ doesn’t penetrate the algorithms. Algorithms shape prestige and biases. Sadly. Update? 😢
I suppose every biologist would write quite different essays on TSG. My take, for what it's worth, is that in TSG and followups, Dawkins aimed to introduce the public to the developments in evolutionary biology sparked by Hamilton, Williams, Maynard Smith and Price, Trivers, and other folks working that tradition, which has settled on “evolved strategy” as a core concept. This body of work, which today is generally referred to as behavioral ecology and evolutionary game theory, has the same goal as Darwin’s On the Origins of Species, and especially, The Descent of Man (i.e., sexual selection), but now using the understanding of heritable variation from the Modern Synthesis.
The Selfish Gene (TSG) was published 50 yrs ago. I was recently asked about Dawkins' concep of the selfish gene in light of my review many years ago of Burt & Trivers' book on selfish genetic elements: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Here is my response (lightly edited): 🧪 #BioAnth 1/14
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all archbishops/monkeys/apes are primates, not all primates/apes are archbishops. all monkeys are not archbishops, afaik, but who knows what the future holds.
"Primate" movie poster.
It's not a monkey.
Volubilis Excursion – May 17 A full-day trip to the Roman ruins of Volubilis. The group will depart Rabat at 8:00 a.m. and return around 6:00 p.m. This guided visit provides an opportunity to experience one of Morocco’s most impressive archaeological sites. Chellah Excursion – May 17 A half-day visit to Rabat’s Chellah archaeological site. Participants will meet in the city at 10:00 a.m. and finish around noon. This outing offers an accessible way to explore the medieval necropolis and surrounding gardens. Participants may choose either the Volubilis day trip or the Chellah visit. Please plan your travel accordingly
Chellah, Rabat.
Volubilis: Roman Ruins in Morocco
The social excursions for @hbes2026.bsky.social will be held on the 17th of May, after the conference. (There was a mistake in the date in the email sent out to HBES members.)
Talk to your friends to coordinate on which one you may want to join.
@humbehevosoc.bsky.social #HBES2026
True. But also it’s a smaller network. And my follows/followers here are probably majority all from this crew. Yours must be/evidently are more diverse. Which is cool!
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Better on mobile?
A very important study. Many figured that chimp warfare was adaptive. Now we have proof. Lethal displacement of a neighbor doubled fertility and even had a greater impact on survivorship. However, as usual we need more details as other questions emerge.
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
It is incredibly unfortunate that the album has reached such a morose state. Something beautiful which unites people across the world is slowly losing its audience in favor of manufactured mainstream music which doesn’t even scratch the surface of the depth an album provides, which is why I strongly encourage you to listen to an album. https://thetenaflyecho.com/26402/opinion/the-importance-of-the-album/
Interesting ideas & industry needs new directions. A comment on analogy: most artistically-minded musicians & most serious fans still see the album as the primary mode. Those listeners are rare now. But it doesn’t mean the quality or experience is improved. The unbundling isn’t necessarily good.
HBES 2026 registration is open. Register: bit.ly/3OjuGOp
On-campus accommodation requests are now available : nosoftware-saas-5918.my.site.com/CESHBES2026/s/
We’re also accepting proposals for Special Activities: tinyurl.com/4vrvmhcn (due 15 March).
#HBES2026 @hbes2026.bsky.social
@hbes2026.bsky.social #HBES2026
HBES 2026 registration is officially open!
The conference will take place in Rabat, Morocco, with both in-person and online attendance options. Early bird registration runs until March 29, 2026.🧵
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And the @lastfm.bsky.social #last.year report for the data enthusiasts.
www.last.fm/user/f6wz9/l...
A story of a pig theft from Singh & Garfield (2022) Nature Human Behavior.
It's here! zhgarfield.github.io/files/singh_...
Ask @manvir.bsky.social for the behind-the-scenes version
Inspired by true events
some words are on the page!
Relevant to a project with @sheinalew.bsky.social on kids foraging, beyond the "hunter-gatherers."
in case you missed this: www.laithalshawaf.com/popular-scie...
@laithalshawaf.bsky.social
Hello, Simon. Try again now! We fixed this error.
We received a TON of submissions for @ces2026.bsky.social ! This is definitely a trend you'll want to conform to. If you didn't submit, still come for the amazing speaker lineup. Registration will open soon. @hbes2026.bsky.social abstract submission closes today!
