This diagram depicts the complete #revolution in #human #social organisation. #Baboon sexes virtually overlap (males map onto where females make a living). By total contrast, #Hadza women forage in their space and send men all over the landscape to fetch stuff for them and the kids!

That my friends is the Human Revolution in action!
Every day, Hadza way. The most memorable lecture I took part in my whole working life at Uni of East London was together with a couple of Hadza guys teaching on the 2nd year 'Origins of culture' course. They took us through the extraordinary article by Marshall Sahlins from 1960 on 'Origins of Society'. Sahlins used some quite dodgy data to compare baboon behaviours with human hunter-gatherers. My Hadza friends Athumani and Abeli of course had much greater knowledge of baboons! They had plenty to say (in KiSwahili, I translated for the class) on similarities and differences. There are significant myths for the Hadza thinking of baboons as close relatives who took a different path. Between them, Sahlins -- his neat idea that the revolutionary switch was from sex organising society to society organising sex -- and the Hadza hunters were giving UEL students the best possible education on what made us human. If only I made a recording of that lecture that day (October 2004).

Western scientists led by expert of Hadza studies Brian Wood, are catching up! Co-authors importantly include Hadza scholar Mariamu #Anyawire.

#Hadzabe #huntergatherers #humanrevolution

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2022.0521

Blog: #IndigenousPeoples are the custodians and protectors of our earth

09 August 2024

By Akil Crichlow, et al.

"Over 3.3 billion people are highly vulnerable to climate change, with socioeconomic factors like gender, class, race, clanship, and ethnicity exacerbating this, particularly for women, children in low-income households, and #IndigenousPeoples.

"Therefore, it is critical that an all-of-society approach is strengthened so that we mitigate and adapt to the impacts of a changing climate, recover lost #biodiversity and degraded land, and deploy an #ecosystem-based adaptation model."

[...]

"Across the Atlantic, to #Tanzania in #EastAfrica, pastoralists are another of the Commonwealth’s Indigenous peoples. They include the #Barabaig and the #Maasai, as well as #huntergatherers like the #Hadzabe, #Akiye and #Sandawe.

"These groups lead diverse livelihoods but share a profound connection to the land. However, they face significant challenges regarding land tenure security. Despite the challenges, hope is not lost."

Full article:
https://thecommonwealth.org/news/blog-indigenous-peoples-are-custodians-and-protectors-our-earth

#IndigenousAfricans #Guyana #Africa #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousPeoplesDay #SaveTheForest #IndigenousKnowledge #EnvironmentalCustodians #EarthProtectors #SolarPunkSunday #ProtectingNature

Ethical #microbiome research with #Indigenous communities.

This is an important and timely article on conducting research ethically and collaboratively with Indigenous peoples, in the context of microbiome research but relevant in much wider contexts.

Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-022-01116-w

Pdf: https://drive.google.com/file/d/137p3P1ouImWAQhgb9EWmwMutnH1ZCgTh/view?usp=drive_link

#ResearchEthics #BioSciences #Anthropology #Hadza #Hadzabe #Diné #DecolonisingResearch #DecolonizingResearch

Earlier this month I visited the Hadzabe tribe in Tanzania, one of the last humans on Earth following the practice of hunting and gathering, as opposed to farming crops and keeping domestic animals.

I had the chance to spend a few hours with them and take some portraits, even hunting for birds with a bow and arrow - they caught one in minutes.
.
#photography #portraits #tanzania #tribe #hadzabe #fotografie #menschen