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• 11 Oct 09
  

  Dante-Gabryell Monson

  Hunter-gatherers consume less energy per capita per year than any other group of human beings. Yet when you come to examine it the original affluent society was none other than the hunter's - in which all the people's material wants were easily satisfied.

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• 05 Aug 08
  

  Michel Bauwens

  "Hunter-gatherers consume less energy per capita per year than any other group of human beings. Yet when you come to examine it the original affluent society was none other than the [hunter-gatherers'] - in which all the people's material wants were easil

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• 03 Dec 07
  

  Arne Løining

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  • "A woman gathers on one day enough food to  feed her family for three days, and spends the rest of her time resting  in camp, doing embroidery, visiting other camps, or entertaining  visitors from other camps. For each day at home, kitchen routines, such  as cooking, nut cracking, collecting firewood, and fetching water,  occupy one to three hours of her time. This rhythm of steady work and  steady leisure maintained throughout the year. The hunters tend to work  more frequently than the women, but their schedule uneven. It 'not  unusual' for a man to hunt avidly for a week and then do no hunting at  all for two or three weeks. Since hunting is an unpredictable business  and subject to magical control, hunters sometimes experience a run of  bad luck and stop hunting for a month or longer. During these periods,  visiting, entertaining, and especially dancing are the primary  activities of men.(16)"
  • "This matter of presents gave us many an  anxious moment. We were humiliated by the realisation of how little  there was we could give to the Bushmen. Almost everything seemed likely  to make life more difficult for them by adding to the litter and weight  of their daily round. They themselves had practically no possessions: a  loin strap, a skin blanket and a leather satchel. There was nothing that  they could not assemble in one minute, wrap up in their blankets and  carry on their shoulders for a journey of a thousand miles. They had no  sense of possession."

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