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... calories produced for each calorie expended on food production . A Hunting and Gathering Food - Energy System This formula can be applied to the food - energy system of the Kalahari Desert hunting and gathering ! Kung Bushmen studied by ...
... calories produced for each calorie expended on food production . A Hunting and Gathering Food - Energy System This formula can be applied to the food - energy system of the Kalahari Desert hunting and gathering ! Kung Bushmen studied by ...
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... calories per hour for r . It is very difficult to measure calorie expenditure per time unit under natural field conditions . A study carried out in West Africa ( see below ) indicated an overall average of 157 calories per hour on the ...
... calories per hour for r . It is very difficult to measure calorie expenditure per time unit under natural field conditions . A study carried out in West Africa ( see below ) indicated an overall average of 157 calories per hour on the ...
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... calories . This gives a nominal productivity factor of 6,000 calories for every calorie of input ! But this is a very misleading figure . First of all , three - quarters of all the crop lands in the United States are devoted to the ...
... calories . This gives a nominal productivity factor of 6,000 calories for every calorie of input ! But this is a very misleading figure . First of all , three - quarters of all the crop lands in the United States are devoted to the ...
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Population Genetics | 13 |
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Suborder Anthropoidea versus Suborder Prosimii | 27 |
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