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Myopia rates among Hadza hunter‐gatherers are low but not exceptional (2022)
Journal Article
Stibbard‐Hawkes, D. N., & Apicella, C. L. (2022). Myopia rates among Hadza hunter‐gatherers are low but not exceptional. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 179(4), 655-667. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24611

Myopia rates are increasing globally. This epidemic is linked to increased school participation, decreased outdoor activity and the proliferation of near-work occupations. The Tanzanian Hadza have traditionally subsisted as hunter-gatherers. School p... Read More about Myopia rates among Hadza hunter‐gatherers are low but not exceptional.

Why hunt? Why gather? Why share? Hadza assessments of foraging and food-sharing motive (2022)
Journal Article
Stibbard-Hawkes, D. N., Smith, K., & Apicella, C. L. (2022). Why hunt? Why gather? Why share? Hadza assessments of foraging and food-sharing motive. Evolution and Human Behavior, 43(3), 257-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2022.03.001

Over the last half century, anthropologists have vigorously debated the adaptive motivations underlying food acquisition choices and food-sharing among hunter-gatherer groups. Numerous explanations have been proposed to account for high-levels of gen... Read More about Why hunt? Why gather? Why share? Hadza assessments of foraging and food-sharing motive.

Do religious and market-based institutions promote cooperation in Hadza hunter-gatherers? (2022)
Journal Article
Stagnaro, M. N., Stibbard-Hawkes, D. N., & Apicella, C. L. (2022). Do religious and market-based institutions promote cooperation in Hadza hunter-gatherers?. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 12(1-2), 171-189. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599x.2021.2006293

Humans’ willingness to bear costs to benefit others is an evolutionary puzzle. Cultural group selection proposes a possible answer to this puzzle—cooperative norms and institutions proliferate due to group-level benefits. For instance, belief in know... Read More about Do religious and market-based institutions promote cooperation in Hadza hunter-gatherers?.