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... pig . The Tsembaga's pigs root for themselves during the day but come home to a meal of sweet potatoes and food scraps in the evening . An average Tsembaga pig weighs as much as an average Tsembaga human , and Rappaport estimates that each ...
... pig . The Tsembaga's pigs root for themselves during the day but come home to a meal of sweet potatoes and food scraps in the evening . An average Tsembaga pig weighs as much as an average Tsembaga human , and Rappaport estimates that each ...
Page 244
... pigs as to feeding people . Like many New Guinea cultures , the Tsembaga allow their pig population to increase over a number of years , slaughtering pigs only on cer- emonial occasions . When the effort needed to care for the pigs ...
... pigs as to feeding people . Like many New Guinea cultures , the Tsembaga allow their pig population to increase over a number of years , slaughtering pigs only on cer- emonial occasions . When the effort needed to care for the pigs ...
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... pigs and 200 Tsembaga just before the beginning of the pig feast that he witnessed in 1963 . Seven - eighths of all the pigs by weight were eaten up during the festivities . The formula on page 243 shows that almost as much effort was ...
... pigs and 200 Tsembaga just before the beginning of the pig feast that he witnessed in 1963 . Seven - eighths of all the pigs by weight were eaten up during the festivities . The formula on page 243 shows that almost as much effort was ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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