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Life Histories of the Dobe !Kung: Food, Fatness, and Well-being over the Life-span
Abstract
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.
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“In contrast to great apes, primiparous women of human forager populations are provisioned by mature adults, such as grandmothers, who are usually post-reproductive (77, 78); their husbands, who are typically several years older and have often passed through the emerging adulthood stage of their life history before marriage; and other adults (3, 79–81).”
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“But the husband's obligation to provision his family with meat is also aided by relatives during the period of emerging adulthood.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Howell, N.
- Corresponding author
- Howell, Nancy
- Venue
- University of California Press eBooks
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Published
- 2019-07-11
- OpenAlex
- W4250802608
- Cited by
- 56
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 2.74
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- University of California Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Social Sciences › Archeology › Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Indigenous Health and Education
- Keywords
- San people, Kalahari, hunter-gatherers, life stages, food surplus, food sharing, kinship
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