AFS2002 Final
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- Egalitarian
- in non- foraging societies, it is less __________ among the sexes, because men have control of their public life.
- Economics
- the production, distribution, and consumption of (goods and services).
- Animal husbandry
- people who do not farm and who do not raise animals.
- Adaptation
- a process by which organisms achieve beneficial adjustments to an available environment and the results of that process- the characteristics of organisms that fit them to the particular set of conditions of the environment in which they are generally found.
- 10,000
- _____ years ago essentially all people were foragers before what time?
- the impact of food foraging on human society
- 1) division of labor by sex (gender roles): 2) sharing of food adults: 3) the camp was at the center of daily activity and of food sharing.
- Needs
- reflect things that humans have to have in order to live. Food, safe water, housing, education, and health care are examples of basic ____.
- Goods and Services
- are produced because they meet either needs or wants.
- carrying capacity
- the number of people the available resources can support at a given technological level.
- density of social relations
- roughly, the number and intensity of interactions among the members of a camp or other residential unit.
- men
- Hunt, butcher game, provide whole protein, work less than women.
- !Kung San of the Kalahari Desert
- spend an average of 42 hours a week on foraging and domestic maintenance.
- women
- gather plants, prepare food, provide about 70% of food, work more than men.
- The Mbuti or Bambuti
- are an example of another group of people who are primarily hunters and gathers.
- Mbuti
- live in the tropical rain forests of Central Africa.
- characterists of food-foraging life
- Land is not owned, either individually or by family. Tend to maintain flexible or open border: to follow migratory patterns of animals.
- The Khoisan or San peoples
- live in the Namib and Kalahari deserts of contemporary Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.
- Wants
- desires that can be satisfied by goods and services. Games, and music are examples of ________.
- 90
- ___ % of all humans who have ever lived have been foragers.
- Goods
- material things such as food and clothes which humans use as individuals or groups.
- Services
- things that human beings do to assist other people Education and health care are examples of services that people use on a regular basis.