Record #:

26077

Author(s):

Caudle, Neil

Abstract:

Bruce Winterhalder, an anthropologist and behavioral ecologist, researches motives of hunter-gatherers sharing food. One explanation he found is avoiding risk. Winterhalder also uses mathematical models to learn how foragers make decisions about which prey or plants to harvest.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 18 Issue 3, Spring 2002, p22-25, il, por

Subject(s):

Anthropology; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research