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(0)Richard B Lee
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For most of human history hunting and gathering was a universal way of life. Richard Borshay Lee spent over three years conducting fieldwork among the !Kung San, an isolated population of 1,000 in northern Botswana. When Lee began his work in 19863, the!Kung San were one of the last of the world's people to live this life. By 1973, when Lee last lived with the group, it appeared that the !Kung were a society on the threshold of a transformation that...
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Discusses why beliefs vary on what is good and what is bad to eat. Food taboos tell us much about society, and they change only as quickly as society does. War and famine, which change societies drastically, are perhaps the strongest motivators for change in which foods are considered acceptable to eat. Why do we prefer sweet to bitter foods? Why do we find certain foods repellant? The reaction of disgust toward a particular food is based on our knowledge...