Academic Publications

Moser, C., Buckner, W., Sarian, M., Winking, J. 2023. Aggressive Mimicry and the Evolution of the Human Cognitive Niche. Human Nature

Garfield, Z.H., Ringen, E.J., Buckner, W., Medupe, D., Wrangham, R.W., Glowacki, L. 2023. Norm violations and punishments across human societies. Evolutionary Human Sciences

Jackson, J.C., Wilbanks, D., Bastian, B., Watts, J., DiMaggio, N., Buckner, W., Gray, K. 2023. Supernatural explanations across 114 societies are more common for natural than social phenomenon. Nature Human
Behaviour

Buckner, W. (2022) A Deceptive Curing Practice in Hunter-Gatherer Societies. Humans

Buckner, W. (2021). The Invention of Fistfighting. EcoEvoRxiv [preprint]

Buckner, W. (2021). Disguises and the Origins of Clothing. Human Nature

Buckner, W. & Sarian, M. (2021, June). The Evolution of Body Adornment: Tattoos and Scarification in Hunter-Gatherer Societies. Presented at the Human Behavior and Evolution Society 2021 Conference

Buckner, W. (2019). Review of Nam C. Kim and Marc Kissel’s Emergent Warfare in Our Evolutionary Past. Human Nature

Buckner, W. & Glowacki, L. (2019). Reasons to strike first. Behavioral and Brain Sciences [commentary]

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