{"product_id":"life-histories-of-the-dobe-kung-food-fatness-and-well-being-over-the-life-span-volume-4-paperback","title":"Life Histories of the Dobe !Kung: Food, Fatness, and Well-Being Over the Life-Span Volume 4 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNancy Howell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife Histories of the Dobe  Kung\u003c\/i\u003e re-examines an important anthropological data set for the Dobe  Kung, the well-known \"Bushmen\" of the Kalahari Desert, collected by Nancy Howell and colleagues. Using life history analysis, Howell reinterprets this rich material to address the question of how these hunter-gatherers maintain their notably good health from childhood through old age in the Kalahari's harsh environment. She divides the population into life history stages that correlate with estimated chronological ages and demonstrates how and why they survive, even thrive, on a modest allotment of calories. She describes how surplus food is produced and distributed, and she considers both the motives for the generous sharing she has observed among the Dobe  Kung and some evolutionary implications of that behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA clearly presented and terrifically detailed work from the perspective of human evolutionary life histories. Dr. Howell has written a text that manages to raise as many intriguing questions as it provides to answer.--Eric A. Roth, author of \u003ci\u003eCulture, Biology, and Anthropological Demography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Nancy Howell's book on the \u003ci\u003eDemography of the Dobe !Kung\u003c\/i\u003e became an anthropological classic, the first in-depth analysis of the population structures and life histories of a foraging society. Three decades later, Howell returns to her initial data set to ask new questions inspired by Life History Theory. In the process she examines how variations in group composition impact the well-being of !Kung children, revealing that sharing is not just with one's closest relatives.\"--Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, author of \u003ci\u003eMothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a unique, scholarly book that reads like a detective novel. Howell uses demographic, anthropometric, and foraging data on the !Kung hunter-gatherers of Southern Africa to investigate what explains variation in the nutritional well-being of their children. Each chapter builds on the previous one, and through a process of elimination brings us closer to the answers, which are often surprising. Along the way, we see how food sharing is necessary to explain the peculiar elements of human life history.\"--Frank Marlowe, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hadza: Hunter-Gatherers of Tanzania\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy Howell\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42133420900487,"sku":"9780520262348","price":62.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4d0d6fc89ecc4ccc2cdd95f5cfc85116.webp?v=1732634207","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/life-histories-of-the-dobe-kung-food-fatness-and-well-being-over-the-life-span-volume-4-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}