The Hadza hunter-gatherers of Tanzania /

Marlowe, Frank, 1954-

The Hadza hunter-gatherers of Tanzania / Frank W. Marlowe. - Berkeley : University of California Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (x, 325 pages) : illustrations. - Origins of human behavior and culture ; 3 .

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

"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 --



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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.
Social Science.


Electronic Books.

DT443 / .H339 2010