Publications

2026

  • 2026

    Inbreeding avoidance in the Raute hunter–gatherers from Nepal

    I Derkx, G Menn, B Dobon, S Subedi, P Rajbhandari, A Gyawali, M Dyble, et al.

    Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 293(2069).

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2026.0109
  • 2026

    Bitter Taste Perception in BaYaka Hunter‐Gatherers

    S Keestra, I Derkx, ES Miabangana, G Sikka, N Chaudhary, GD Salali

    American Journal of Human Biology, 38(2), e70218.

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.70218

2025

  • 2025

    The genetic demographic history of the last hunter-gatherer population of the Himalayas

    I Derkx, F Ceballos, SA Biagini, S Subedi, P Rajbhandari, A Gyawali, et al.

    Scientific Reports, 15(1), 1505.

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-80156-0

2024

  • 2024

    Women's subsistence strategies predict fertility across cultures, but context matters

    AE Page, EJ Ringen, J Koster, M Borgerhoff Mulder, K Kramer, MK Shenk, et al.

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(9), e2318181121.

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2318181121
  • 2024

    Hunter–gatherer genetics research: Importance and avenues

    C Padilla-Iglesias, I Derkx

    Evolutionary Human Sciences, 6, e15.

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2024.7
  • 2024

    Alcohol consumption, life history and extinction risk among Raute hunter–gatherers from Nepal

    I Derkx, G Menn, S Subedi, N Upadhyaya, P Rajbhandari, A Gyawali, et al.

    Evolutionary Human Sciences, 6, e45.

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2024.42

2021

  • 2021

    Quantifying patterns of alcohol consumption and its effects on health and wellbeing among BaYaka hunter-gatherers: A mixed-methods cross-sectional study

    JK Knight, GD Salali, G Sikka, I Derkx, SM Keestra, N Chaudhary

    PLOS ONE, 16(10), e0258384.

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258384

2020

  • 2020

    Global WEIRDing: transitions in wild plant knowledge and treatment preferences in Congo hunter–gatherers

    GD Salali, M Dyble, N Chaudhary, G Sikka, I Derkx, SM Keestra, D Smith, et al.

    Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2, e24.

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2020.26

Manuscripts

Under Review

  • Scientific and ethical concerns with reporting prevalences of behavioral symptoms and psychiatric disorders in Hadza children: A commentary on Ougrin et al. 2023

    C Scaff, J Martin, A Hunt, N Chaudhary, I Derkx, C van den Driessche, T Katiyar, E Ready, GD Salali, M Singh, AG Thalmayer, DNE Stibbard-Hawkes, IJ Wallace, AV Jaeggi

    Under review.

In Advanced Preparation

  • Meal timings, dietary transition and glycaemic health among the BaYaka hunter-gatherers in the Congo Basin

    S Keestra, I Derkx, ES Miabangana, S Mortimore, N Chaudhary, A Seal, G Sikka, JC Wells, GD Salali

    In preparation.

  • Contact heterogeneity in network reconstruction: evaluating synthetic graph generators for rabies transmission modeling

    I Derkx, M Hyman, […], N Chitnis

    In preparation.