Hunting, healing, and hxaro exchange. A long-term perspective on !Kung (Ju/'hoansi) large-game hunting

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 407-436

  Wiessner, Polly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

!Kung Bushmen (Ju hoansi); Cooperative breeding; Costly signalling; Exchange; Food sharing; Hunter gatherers; Hunting; Nepotism; Trance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036837699     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(02)00096-X     Document Type: Article

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