Forager Facts
Author(s)
David Youngberg and Robin Hanson
Full text (open access)
Abstract
Using an anthropology database that details many groups, we summarize how our forager ancestors likely lived on a variety of metrics. Though we have long since ceased to live as hunter-gatherers, its psychological shadow likely still shapes us, and so we would try to understand that lifestyle as fully as possible.
Date
August, 2023
Citation
David Youngberg and Robin Hanson (2023). Forager Facts. Seeds of Science. https://doi.org/10.53975/3148-04k5
Areas
Biology, Psychology, Social Sciences
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