Hunting and Gathering - Dirt 94

This week, Anna and Amber have foraged up an episode all about hunting and gathering. We also examine anthropology and ethnography, and the problematic origins of these disciplines. We discuss the Grandmother Hypothesis, wax rhapsodic about salmon, and...Amber tells another honey story.

Links

• Hunter-Gatherers (Foragers) (Human Research Area Files)
• Hunter-Gatherer Culture (National Geographic)
• What Is a Hunter-Gatherer? Variation in the Archaeological Record of Eastern and Southern Africa (Journal of Archaeological Research)
• Hunter-gatherer studies and human evolution: a very selective review (American Journal of Physical Anthropology)
• The Ethnohistory and Anthropology of ‘Modern’ Hunter-Gatherers (The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers)
• AnthroBites: Scientific Racism (AnthroPod)
• Grandmothering, menopause, and the evolution of human life histories (UNM Digital Repository)
• Whales and humans linked by 'helpful grandmothers' (BBC)
• Why Grandmothers May Hold The Key To Human Evolution (NPR)
• The Evolutionary Importance of Grandmothers (The Atlantic)
• The Surprisingly Sticky Tale of the Hadza and the Honeyguide Bird (Atlas Obscura)
• Honey, Hadza, hunter-gatherers, and human evolution (Journal of Human Evolution)

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