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Life histories of the Dobe!Kung : food, fatness, and well-being over the life span / Nancy Howell.

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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...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Howell, Nancy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
Series:Origins of human behavior and culture ; 4.
Subjects:
!Kung (African people) > Food.
!Kung (African people) > Nutrition.
!Kung (African people) > Health and hygiene.
Food habits > Kalahari Desert.
Food > Caloric content > Kalahari Desert.
Body size
Food > Caloric content
Food habits
Hunting and gathering societies
Life cycle, Human
Africa > Kalahari Desert

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