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Hadza children's foraging: juvenile dependency, social arrangements, and mobility among hunter-gatherers
Current anthropology • 36 (4) • Published In 1995 • Pages: 687-700
By: Hawkes, Kristen, O'Connell, James F., Blurton Jones, N. G. (Nicholas G.).
Abstract
This study looks at the strategies Hadza children use to get food. Triangulating data from personal observation and empirical records of children's foraging behavior, it is argued that Hadza children are not as dependent on parents as conventionally assumed. Instead, each child is an active forager, acquiring substantial amounts of food they not only directly consume but also bring back to camp. The analysis calls for rethinking long-held assumptions about juvenile dependency in human evolution.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2019
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Biological Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2018
- Field Date
- Sept.-Nov. 1988
- Coverage Date
- 1988
- Coverage Place
- southeastern Lake Eyasi area, Tanzania
- Notes
- K. Hawkes, J.F. O'Connell, and N.G. Blurton Jones
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 699-700)
- LCCN
- a 63000576
- LCSH
- Hatsa (African people)