Title The Hadza : hunter-gatherers of Tanzania / Frank W. Marlowe

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 325 pages) : illustrations Series Origins of human behavior and culture ; 3 Origins of human behavior and culture ; 3. Contents The Hadza and evolutionary theory : an introduction -- Habitat and history -- Social organization, beliefs, and practices -- Material culture -- Foraging -- Life history -- Mating -- Parenting -- Cooperation and food-sharing -- The median foragers : humans in cross-species perspective -- Afterward : the Hadza present and future Summary "In The Hadza, Frank Marlowe provides a quantitative ethnography of one of the last remaining societies of hunter-gatherers in the world. The Hadza, who inhabit an area of East Africa near the Serengeti and Olduvai Gorge, have long drawn the attention of anthropologists and archaeologists for maintaining a foraging lifestyle in a region that is key to understanding human origins. Marlowe ably applies his years of research with the Hadza to cover the traditional topics in ethnography -- subsistence, material culture, religion, and social structure. But the book's unique contribution is to introduce readers to the more contemporary field of behavioral ecology, which attempts to understand human behavior from an evolutionary perspective. To that end, The Hadza also articulates the necessary background for readers whose exposure to human evolutionary theory is minimal."--Publisher description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Hatsa (African people) -- Hunting Hatsa (African people) -- Food Hatsa (African people) -- Social life and customs Hunting and gathering societies -- Tanzania Social ecology -- Tanzania Social change -- Tanzania Social evolution. Cultural Evolution POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Hatsa (African people) -- Social life and customs Hunting and gathering societies Manners and customs Social change Social ecology Social evolution SUBJECT Tanzania -- Social life and customs Subject Tanzania Form Electronic book ISBN 9780520945449 0520945441 1282772716 9781282772717 9786612772719 6612772719

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