essay

!Kung knowledge of animal behavior: (or: the proper study of mankind is animals)

kalahari hunter-gatherers : studies of the !kung san and their neighbors • Cambridge, Mass. • Published In 1976 • Pages: 325-348, 402

By: Blurton Jones, N. G. (Nicholas G.), Konner, Melvin.

Abstract
The investigation reported in this study concerns !Kuna knowledge of animal behavior (ethnoethology) and their methods of acquiring and organizing this knowledge (p. 326). This information was elicited from !Kung informants in a series of discussion groups or seminars on animal behavior held in three villages during 1970. Comparisons of the data were then made with modern ethology, a western science of the behavior of animals.
Subjects
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Interviewing in research
Hunting and trapping
Scientific method
Ethnozoology
culture
San
HRAF PubDate
2005
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Southern Africa
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Types
Ethnologist
Ethnologist
Psychologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 1988
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
ca. 1970
Coverage Place
!Kung San, Namibia, Botswana
Notes
Nicholas Blurton Jones and Melvin Konner
For bibliographical references see 45: Lee and DeVore
LCCN
75028320
LCSH
San (African people)