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  • From: Don Bowen KI6DIU <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] [MSM] Diet of the Eskimo was Was Any vegetarians...what's your plan? now : Soy
  • Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:39:36 -0700

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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