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[Don Bowen KI6DIU <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 10/18/2007, you wrote:
> 4. The women pick a lot of the food, including greens and berries of many
> kinds. However since you don't need to bond with the boys, throw pointy
> sticks and incur a lot of danger from this form of food gathering male
> anthropologists often miss that just like in most cultures, women provide
> about 80% of the staple foods as part of their daily routines.

In most HG cultures women gathered most of the food.  Men hunting brought 
in large chunks of food at once but over time women provided a steady source.



Don Bowen              Awl Knotted Up                       KI6DIU
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