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What Is a Hunter-Gatherer? Variation in the Archaeological Record of Eastern and Southern Africa

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This article reviews the recent history of the archaeology of African hunter-gatherers, focusing on debates around the origins of modern humans and the destiny of hunter-gatherers with the advent of food production. African archaeologists are developing an increasing appreciation for the diversity of African hunter-gatherer societies. Understandings of hunter-gatherers based primarily on ethnography are being successfully challenged and extended.

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Kusimba, S.B. What Is a Hunter-Gatherer? Variation in the Archaeological Record of Eastern and Southern Africa. J Archaeol Res 13, 337–366 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10814-005-5111-y

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