Cleve Hicks
@clevehicks.bsky.social
Field primatologist studying chimpanzee behavioral diversity
Four observations on the US kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro
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Four observations on the US kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro
Difficult as it is for westerners to hear, we don’t need a stronger West, we need a weaker one. Harder still, Trump is teaching us that the very concept of 'the West' is an illusion
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January 7, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Four observations on the US kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro
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Protest in Durham, NC. Stop Trump's War Machine: Regime change at home, not overseas!
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Protest in Durham, NC. Stop Trump's War Machine: Regime change at home, not overseas!
Protest in Durham, NC, January 3, 2026.
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January 4, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Protest in Durham, NC. Stop Trump's War Machine: Regime change at home, not overseas!
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And we have yet another senseless regime change war, this time in #Venezuela... Our 'leaders'' endless war fetish makes me sick. Nothing has changed since #MarkTwain wrote The War Prayer. So much for the self-proclaimed 'Peace President.' www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9gR...
The War Prayer, by Mark Twain - Read by Cleve Hicks
YouTube video by Cleve Hicks
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January 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
And we have yet another senseless regime change war, this time in #Venezuela... Our 'leaders'' endless war fetish makes me sick. Nothing has changed since #MarkTwain wrote The War Prayer. So much for the self-proclaimed 'Peace President.' www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9gR...
This is a very important point, and well-written. I have noticed, for example, how even journalists I like will make fun of the weight of corrupt political figures they dislike, as if the weight of these people has anything to do with their corruption. open.substack.com/pub/thickmeu...
The True Lessons of Augustus Gloop
How Fatphobia Is Taught at Storytime
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January 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM
This is a very important point, and well-written. I have noticed, for example, how even journalists I like will make fun of the weight of corrupt political figures they dislike, as if the weight of these people has anything to do with their corruption. open.substack.com/pub/thickmeu...
A gripping read if you are up for a little gloom and doom regarding AI and the Tech Bros: bettbeat.substack.com/p/palantirs-...
December 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A gripping read if you are up for a little gloom and doom regarding AI and the Tech Bros: bettbeat.substack.com/p/palantirs-...
December 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
We are on the eve of yet another arrogant imperialist regime change war. It doesn't matter which party is in power. The only thing US elites ever argue with one another about is who we should go to war with now. rumble.com/v72h7c4-syst...
Trump Admin Preparing for New Regime-Change War Against Venezuela; Who Should Win Anti-Semite of the Year? See the Top 10 Finalists | SYSTEM UPDATE #551
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December 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
We are on the eve of yet another arrogant imperialist regime change war. It doesn't matter which party is in power. The only thing US elites ever argue with one another about is who we should go to war with now. rumble.com/v72h7c4-syst...
Crania compared, #chimpanzee and #orangutan: the orang skull has a narrower nose, taller and narrower eye sockets, and more projecting incisors: 'buck teeth'. TCH, 24 November 2025, Sergi's class.
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Crania compared, #chimpanzee and #orangutan: the orang skull has a narrower nose, taller and narrower eye sockets, and more projecting incisors: 'buck teeth'. TCH, 24 November 2025, Sergi's class.
MAKE TOOLS SIMPLE AGAIN!
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MAKE TOOLS SIMPLE AGAIN!
Technological overreach
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November 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
MAKE TOOLS SIMPLE AGAIN!
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MACAQUE EVOLUTION: PHYLOGENY AND BEHAVIOR
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MACAQUE EVOLUTION: PHYLOGENY AND BEHAVIOR
By Cleve Hicks, 2003
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November 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
MACAQUE EVOLUTION: PHYLOGENY AND BEHAVIOR
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What explains the long stasis of Oldowan sites?
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What explains the long stasis of Oldowan sites?
A new study reveals a 300,000 year record of toolmaking near the eastern shore of Lake Turkana
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November 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
What explains the long stasis of Oldowan sites?
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Warring humans, take note: if this kind of rapprochement between sworn enemies is possible, surely anything can be!
An unlikely friendship between predator and prey: If palm civets and chickens can do this, cannot we?
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An unlikely friendship between predator and prey: If palm civets and chickens can do this, cannot we?
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A palm civet and a flock of chickens: Unlikely allies in a challenging world
Warring humans, take note: if this kind of rapprochement between sworn enemies is possible, surely anything can be!
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November 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Warring humans, take note: if this kind of rapprochement between sworn enemies is possible, surely anything can be!
An unlikely friendship between predator and prey: If palm civets and chickens can do this, cannot we?
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An unlikely friendship between predator and prey: If palm civets and chickens can do this, cannot we?
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AI Companies Are Encouraging Users To Believe Chatbots Are People, And It's Insanely Creepy
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AI Companies Are Encouraging Users To Believe Chatbots Are People, And It's Insanely Creepy
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
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November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
AI Companies Are Encouraging Users To Believe Chatbots Are People, And It's Insanely Creepy
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Beware a new war to distract us from the Epstein saga
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Beware a new war to distract us from the Epstein saga
I love the fact that Supreme Warchief Trump (and other politicos, on both sides of the aisle) are squirming under the release of the Epstein emails.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Beware a new war to distract us from the Epstein saga
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A little video about my research on #chimpanzee behavioral diversity: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSwt...
The Bili Chimpanzees: Research Features
YouTube video by Cleve Hicks
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November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A little video about my research on #chimpanzee behavioral diversity: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSwt...
How #chimpanzees lost the secret of fire substack.com/@clevehicks7...
How chimpanzees lost the secret of fire
As recounted to Dr Cleve Hicks by his Bofi friends in Central African Republic
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November 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
How #chimpanzees lost the secret of fire substack.com/@clevehicks7...
An unlikely union between the genera Homo and Pan: The charming origin story of the Barisi fisherfolk of Northern DRC substack.com/@clevehicks7...
An unlikely union between the genera Homo and Pan: The charming origin story of the Barisi fisherfolk of Northern DRC
As recounted to Dr. Cleve Hicks in the villages adjacent to the Uele River in 2007
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November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
An unlikely union between the genera Homo and Pan: The charming origin story of the Barisi fisherfolk of Northern DRC substack.com/@clevehicks7...
How Not to Organize a Bicycle Trip Through Central Africa
Exhilarating (mis)adventures on the route from Bili, DRC to Zemio, CAR: December 2004 substack.com/@clevehicks7...
Exhilarating (mis)adventures on the route from Bili, DRC to Zemio, CAR: December 2004 substack.com/@clevehicks7...
How Not to Organize a Bicycle Trip Through Central Africa
Exhilarating (mis)adventures on the route from Bili, DRC to Zemio, CAR: December 2004
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November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
How Not to Organize a Bicycle Trip Through Central Africa
Exhilarating (mis)adventures on the route from Bili, DRC to Zemio, CAR: December 2004 substack.com/@clevehicks7...
Exhilarating (mis)adventures on the route from Bili, DRC to Zemio, CAR: December 2004 substack.com/@clevehicks7...
At What Cost Knowledge? The Monkey Studies of Harry Harlow
By Cleve Hicks, circa 2003
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November 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
A (literally) touching moment between Eastern #chimpanzees in the #Zémongo Forest, Central African Republic substack.com/@clevehicks7...
A (literally) touching moment between Eastern chimpanzees in the Zémongo Forest, Central African Republic
Happy #WorldChimpanzeeDay! Photos and text by Cleve Hicks.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A (literally) touching moment between Eastern #chimpanzees in the #Zémongo Forest, Central African Republic substack.com/@clevehicks7...
#Chimpanzee courage: Sticking by his friend in the forest
A male #Zémongo #chimpanzee seems to wait for his little buddy substack.com/@clevehicks7...
A male #Zémongo #chimpanzee seems to wait for his little buddy substack.com/@clevehicks7...
Chimpanzee courage: Sticking by his friend in the forest
A male Zémongo chimpanzee seems to wait for his little buddy
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November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#Chimpanzee courage: Sticking by his friend in the forest
A male #Zémongo #chimpanzee seems to wait for his little buddy substack.com/@clevehicks7...
A male #Zémongo #chimpanzee seems to wait for his little buddy substack.com/@clevehicks7...