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Author Howell, Nancy.

Title Life Histories of the Dobe!Kung : Food, Fatness, and Well-Being over the Life-Span / Nancy Howell.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 234 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Origins of human behavior and culture ; 4
Origins of human behavior and culture ; 4.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Another look at the!Kung : a life history approach -- Life history stages -- Body size and growth -- Calories required -- Caloric productivity and caloric balance -- Caloric balance and residential units : waterholes, living groups, households -- Kinship relations as a support system for children -- Motives for sharing food and other prosocial behavior.
Summary Life Histories of the Dobe!Kung re-examines an important anthropological data set collected by Nancy Howell and colleagues for the Dobe!Kung, the well-known "Bushmen" of the Kalahari Desert. 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.
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Subject !Kung (African people) -- Food.
!Kung (African people)
Food.
!Kung (African people) -- Nutrition.
Nutrition.
!Kung (African people) -- Health and hygiene.
Food habits -- Kalahari Desert.
Food habits.
Food -- Caloric content -- Kalahari Desert.
Food -- Caloric content.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Howell, Nancy. Life histories of the Dobe!Kung. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010 9780520262331 (DLC) 2009041299 (OCoLC)449860074
ISBN 9780520946170 (electronic book)
0520946170 (electronic book)
0520262336 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780520262331 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0520262344 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780520262348 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780520262331 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780520262348 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
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9781282556201