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Age, Sex, and Resource Transport in Venezuelan Foragers

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Enhancing our understanding of the skeletal biology of modern hunter-gatherers and developing more sophisticated models of fossil and prehistoric hominin locomotor behavior and subsistence activities requires information on male and female forager mobility patterns. Unlike other primates, modern human foragers expend considerable energy in activities involving the transport of resources across the landscape. Although male foragers are often associated with high mobility in comparison to their female counterparts, female foragers are seen to engage in subsistence tasks incorporating a high frequency of burden carrying. This paper examines the influence of age and sex on mobility and resource transport in a group of Pumé foragers located in the savanna-wetlands of southwestern Venezuela.

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  1. Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, USA

    D. Jeffrey Meldrum

  2. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

    Charles E. Hilton

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Hilton, C.E., Greaves, R.D. (2004). Age, Sex, and Resource Transport in Venezuelan Foragers. In: Meldrum, D.J., Hilton, C.E. (eds) From Biped to Strider. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8965-9_10

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