Incorporation into wider social and economic systems has brought a variety of changes to the hunt... more Incorporation into wider social and economic systems has brought a variety of changes to the hunting-gathering lifestyle of the Batak of the Philippines. Compared to 100 years ago, Batak hunting-gathering camps today are more limited in duration and smaller in size, hunting-gathering itself is more seasonal in importance, and there are significant differences in technology, resource utilization, the organization of
Contemporary humans exhibit spectacular biological success derived from cumulative culture and co... more Contemporary humans exhibit spectacular biological success derived from cumulative culture and cooperation. The origins of these traits may be related to our ancestral group structure. Because humans lived as foragers for 95% of our species' history, we analyzed co-residence patterns among 32 present-day foraging societies (total n= 5067 individuals, mean experienced band size= 28.2 adults). We found that hunter-gatherers display a unique social structure where (i) either sex may disperse or remain in their natal ...
Incorporation into wider social and economic systems has brought a variety of changes to the hunt... more Incorporation into wider social and economic systems has brought a variety of changes to the hunting-gathering lifestyle of the Batak of the Philippines. Compared to 100 years ago, Batak hunting-gathering camps today are more limited in duration and smaller in size, hunting-gathering itself is more seasonal in importance, and there are significant differences in technology, resource utilization, the organization of
Contemporary humans exhibit spectacular biological success derived from cumulative culture and co... more Contemporary humans exhibit spectacular biological success derived from cumulative culture and cooperation. The origins of these traits may be related to our ancestral group structure. Because humans lived as foragers for 95% of our species' history, we analyzed co-residence patterns among 32 present-day foraging societies (total n= 5067 individuals, mean experienced band size= 28.2 adults). We found that hunter-gatherers display a unique social structure where (i) either sex may disperse or remain in their natal ...
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