Douglas Bird
Associate Professor of Anthropology
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323B Carpenter Building
University Park, PA 16802 - dwb5537@psu.edu
- 814-863-1096
Research Summary
Livelihood decisions and habitats, exploring the dynamics of human subsistence practices, their role in ecosystem function, and their archaeological implications in Australia and Western North America.
Huck Affiliations
Publication Tags
Archaeology Ecosystem Hunting Ecology Desert Human Behavior Foraging Climate Subsistence Hunters Altruism Effect Interaction Population Growth Western Australia History Society Habitat Grassland Hunter Gatherer Economy Lizards Fire Regime Population FiresMost Recent Papers
Variability in the organization and size of hunter-gatherer groups
Douglas Warren Bird, Rebecca Bliege Bird, Brian F. Codding, David W. Zeanah, 2019, Journal of Human Evolution on p. 96-108
Subsistence Transitions and the Simplification of Ecological Networks in the Western Desert of Australia
Stefani A. Crabtree, Douglas Warren Bird, Rebecca Bliege Bird, 2019, Human Ecology on p. 165-177
Mobility, subsistence, and technological strategies of early Holocene hunter-gatherers in the Bolivian Altiplano
José M. Capriles, Juan Albarracin-Jordan, Douglas W. Bird, Steven T. Goldstein, Gabriela M. Jarpa, Sergio Calla Maldonado, Calogero M. Santoro, 2018, Quaternary International on p. 190-205
Aboriginal burning promotes fine-scale pyrodiversity and native predators in Australia's Western Desert
Rebecca Bliege Bird, Douglas Warren Bird, Luis E. Fernandez, Nyalanka Taylor, Wakka Taylor, Dale Nimmo, 2018, Biological Conservation on p. 110-118
Mosaics of fire and water
David W. Zeanah, Brian F. Codding, Rebecca Bliege Bird, Douglas W. Bird, 2017, Australian Archaeology on p. 2-19
Human behaviour as a long-term ecological driver of non-human evolution
Alexis P. Sullivan, Douglas Warren Bird, George H. Perry, 2017, Nature Ecology and Evolution
Shellfishing and human evolution
Richard G. Klein, Douglas W. Bird, 2016, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology on p. 198-205
The roots of the question
Douglas W. Bird, 2016, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology on p. 149-157
Martu ethnoarchaeology
Brian F. Codding, David W. Zeanah, Rebecca Bliege Bird, Christopher H. Parker, Douglas W. Bird, 2016, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology on p. 166-176
People, El Niño southern oscillation and fire in Australia
Rebecca Bliege Bird, Douglas W. Bird, Brian F. Codding, 2016, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Most-Cited Papers
Behavioral ecology and the future of archaeological science
Brian F. Codding, Douglas W. Bird, 2015, Journal of Archaeological Science on p. 9-20
Aboriginal hunting buffers climate-driven fire-size variability in Australia's spinifex grasslands
Rebecca Bliege Bird, Brian F. Codding, Peter G. Kauhanen, Douglas W. Bird, 2012, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 10287-10292
Provisioning offspring and others
Brian F. Codding, Rebecca Bliege Bird, Douglas W. Bird, 2011, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences on p. 2502-2509
Niche construction and Dreaming logic
Rebecca Bliege Bird, Nyalangka Tayor, Brian F. Codding, Douglas W. Bird, 2013, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Human behaviour as a long-term ecological driver of non-human evolution
Alexis P. Sullivan, Douglas Warren Bird, George H. Perry, 2017, Nature Ecology and Evolution
Conservation or co-evolution? Intermediate levels of aboriginal burning and hunting have positive effects on kangaroo populations in Western Australia
Brian F. Codding, Rebecca Bliege Bird, Peter G. Kauhanen, Douglas W. Bird, 2014, Human Ecology on p. 659-669
The hierarchy of virtue
Rebecca Bliege Bird, Brooke Scelza, Douglas W. Bird, Eric Alden Smith, 2012, Evolution and Human Behavior on p. 64-78
A landscape architecture of fire
Douglas W. Bird, Rebecca Bliege Bird, Brian F. Codding, Nyalangka Taylor, 2016, Current anthropology on p. S65-S79
Shellfishing and human evolution
Richard G. Klein, Douglas W. Bird, 2016, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology on p. 198-205
People, El Niño southern oscillation and fire in Australia
Rebecca Bliege Bird, Douglas W. Bird, Brian F. Codding, 2016, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
News Articles Featuring Douglas Bird
Dec 18, 2019
Playing with tools—and weapons—was a ‘normal’ part of prehistoric childhood
Prehistoric children may have been cherished by their parents—but until recently, they’ve been neglected by many archaeologists, who assumed that childhood is simply about toys and games. Now, a new study adds to the growing literature that prehistoric children were hard workers, who learned from an early age to use the weapons and tools that would help them with the rigors of adulthood.
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Feb 08, 2019
Aboriginal Hunters’ Fires Help Restore an Australian Desert
A study of how the Martu shaped their land presents an example where humans seem to benefit an environment perceived as wilderness.
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