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The Adaptive Nature of Culture: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of the Returns of Local Environmental Knowledge in Three Indigenous Societies

2016

Reyes-García, V., Guèze, M., Díaz-Reviriego, I., Duda, R., Fernández-Llamazares, A., Gallois, S., Napitupulu, L., Orta-Martínez, M., & Pyhälä, A.

University of Chicago Press

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The authors use a cross-cultural framework and empirical data to test whether culturally transmitted and individually appropriated knowledge provides returns in terms of hunting yields, health, and nutritional status in three subsistence-oriented societies. Findings suggest that local environmental knowledge is related to individual hunting returns and self-reported health but not to nutritional status.

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The Adaptive Nature of Culture: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of the Returns of Local Environmental Knowledge in Three Indigenous Societies

Reyes-García, V., Guèze, M., Díaz-Reviriego, I., Duda, R., Fernández-Llamazares, A., Gallois, S., Napitupulu, L., Orta-Martínez, M., & Pyhälä, A. (2016). The adaptive nature of culture: A cross-cultural analysis of the returns of local environmental knowledge in three Indigenous societies. Current Anthropology, 57(6), 761-85.

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