Lévy flights in dobe Ju/'hoansi foraging patterns

Human Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 129-138

  Brown, Clifford T ^a   Liebovitch, Larry S ^a   Glendon, Rachel ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hunter gatherers; Ju 'hoansi; L vy flights; Optimalfor aging theory

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUNTER-GATHERER; TRAVEL TIME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33846983890     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-006-9083-4     Document Type: Article

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