From: Doug Thayer (d_l_thayer@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Apr 13 2003 - 13:47:54 MDT
On Sun, Apr 13, 2003 at 09:17:32AM -0400, Dehede011@aol.com wrote:
> Somewhere I have seen research that agrees with your viewpoint. I
> have a fading memory that says women gather something like 2/3rds to 3/4ths
> of all the calories consumed by primitive people. The hunter accounts for
> the rest.
> The hunter serves a double function according to what I read in
> Desmond Morris. He hunts for food but he also in there to intercept any
> predator before it gets into the village area.
Hunters also keep herbivores away from the group's foraging areas (either
by killing them or chasing them off). Pure gatherers would presumably be
outcompeted by more efficient gathering designs (e.g. rabbits or deer).
---- Doug
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