TY - JOUR
T1 - Status does not predict stress among Hadza hunter-gatherer men
AU - Fedurek, Piotr
AU - Lehmann, Julia
AU - Lacroix, Laurent
AU - Aktipis, Athena
AU - Cronk, Lee
AU - Makambi, E. Jerryson
AU - Mabulla, Ibrahim
AU - Berbesque, J. Colette
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank the Leakey Foundation for their support of CB and PF and the John Templeton Foundation for their support for AA and LC. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation. We thank Costech and NIMR for permission to conduct research. We would like to thank Daudi and Trude Peterson for all of their help and support. Finally, we thank the Hadza for their enduring tolerance and hospitality.
Funding Information:
We would like to thank the Leakey Foundation for their support of CB and PF and the John Templeton Foundation for their support for AA and LC. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation. We thank Costech and NIMR for permission to conduct research. We would like to thank Daudi and Trude Peterson for all of their help and support. Finally, we thank the Hadza for their enduring tolerance and hospitality.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - In recent years there has been much research regarding the extent to which social status is related to long-term indices of health. The majority of studies looking at the interplay between social status and health have been conducted in industrialized societies. However, it has been argued that most of human evolution took place in small, mobile and egalitarian hunter-gatherer groups where individuals exhibited very little variation in terms of material wealth or possessions. In this study, we looked at the extent to which two domains of social status, hunting reputation (being perceived as a good hunter) and popularity (being perceived as a friend), are related to physiological stress levels among Hadza men, hunter-gatherers living in Northern Tanzania. The results of our study show that neither hunting reputation nor popularity is associated with stress levels. Overall, our data suggest that, in at least some traditional small-scale societies exhibiting an egalitarian social model, such as the Hadza, the variation in social status measures based on both popularity and hunting reputation does not translate into one of the commonly used indices of wellbeing.
AB - In recent years there has been much research regarding the extent to which social status is related to long-term indices of health. The majority of studies looking at the interplay between social status and health have been conducted in industrialized societies. However, it has been argued that most of human evolution took place in small, mobile and egalitarian hunter-gatherer groups where individuals exhibited very little variation in terms of material wealth or possessions. In this study, we looked at the extent to which two domains of social status, hunting reputation (being perceived as a good hunter) and popularity (being perceived as a friend), are related to physiological stress levels among Hadza men, hunter-gatherers living in Northern Tanzania. The results of our study show that neither hunting reputation nor popularity is associated with stress levels. Overall, our data suggest that, in at least some traditional small-scale societies exhibiting an egalitarian social model, such as the Hadza, the variation in social status measures based on both popularity and hunting reputation does not translate into one of the commonly used indices of wellbeing.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41598-023-28119-9
DO - 10.1038/s41598-023-28119-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 36693868
AN - SCOPUS:85146806208
SN - 2045-2322
VL - 13
JO - Scientific reports
JF - Scientific reports
IS - 1
M1 - 1327
ER -