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... gathering of wild berries , fruits , tubers , and other plants . To be sure , neither the environmental opportunities for hunting and gathering nor the technological inven- tory available for exploiting the natural environment had ...
... gathering of wild berries , fruits , tubers , and other plants . To be sure , neither the environmental opportunities for hunting and gathering nor the technological inven- tory available for exploiting the natural environment had ...
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... gathering societies expend a relatively enor- mous amount of energy simply carrying their infants from one place to another . In permanent village situations there is less need for long - distance travel and hence more incentive to ...
... gathering societies expend a relatively enor- mous amount of energy simply carrying their infants from one place to another . In permanent village situations there is less need for long - distance travel and hence more incentive to ...
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... gathering peoples are or- ganized into small , open groups called " bands . " Such bands frequent- ly lack sharp territorial boundaries , and their membership changes from season to season , and even day to day , as kin arrive , depart ...
... gathering peoples are or- ganized into small , open groups called " bands . " Such bands frequent- ly lack sharp territorial boundaries , and their membership changes from season to season , and even day to day , as kin arrive , depart ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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