Life Histories of the Dobe !Kung : Food, Fatness, and Well-being over the Life-span /

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Life Histories of the Dobe !Kung re-examines an important anthropological data set for the Dobe !Kung, the well-known "Bushmen" of the Kalahari Desert, collected by Nancy Howell and colleagues. Using life history analysis, Howell reinterprets this rich material to address the question of h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Howell, Nancy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2010]
Colección:Origins of Human Behavior and Culture ; 4
Temas:
!Kung (African people) > Anthropometry.
!Kung (African people) > Food.
!Kung (African people) > Health and hygiene.
!Kung (African people) > Nutrition.
Body size > Kalahari Desert.
Food habits > Kalahari Desert.
Food > Caloric content > Kalahari Desert.
Hunting and gathering societies > Kalahari Desert.
Life cycle, Human.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical.
anthropological data set.
anthropology.
biographical.
bushmen.
cultural anthropology.
discussion books.
dobe kung.
ethnographers.
evolutionary implications.
food.
generational.
good health.
harsh environment.
human behavior.
human culture.
hunter gatherers.
kalahari desert.
life analysis.
life histories.
life spans.
life stages.
low calorie diets.
nonfiction.
physical anthropology.
remote places.
retrospective.
scientists.
sharing culture.
sociology anthropology.
weight issues.
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Sumario:Life Histories of the Dobe !Kung re-examines an important anthropological data set for the Dobe !Kung, the well-known "Bushmen" of the Kalahari Desert, collected by Nancy Howell and colleagues. Using life history analysis, Howell reinterprets this rich material to address the question of how these hunter-gatherers maintain their notably good health from childhood through old age in the Kalahari's harsh environment. She divides the population into life history stages that correlate with estimated chronological ages and demonstrates how and why they survive, even thrive, on a modest allotment of calories. She describes how surplus food is produced and distributed, and she considers both the motives for the generous sharing she has observed among the Dobe !Kung and some evolutionary implications of that behavior.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (248 p.)
ISBN:9780520946170
9783110690422
Acceso:restricted access

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