Eat first, share later: Hadza hunter-gatherer men consume more while foraging than in central places

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 281-286

  Berbesque, J Colette ^a   Wood, Brian M ^b   Crittenden, Alyssa N ^c   Mabulla, Audax ^d   Marlowe, Frank W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Las Vegas Nevada   (United States)

^d National Museum of Tanzania   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central place foraging; Energetics; Foraging; Hadza; Hunter Gatherers; Paleodiet; Provisioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973168495     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.01.003     Document Type: Article

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