In The Hadza, Frank Marlowe provides a quantitative ethnography
of one of the last remaining societies of hunter-gatherers in the world.
The Hadza, who inhabit an area of East Africa near the Serengeti and
Olduvai Gorge, have long drawn the attention of anthropologists and
archaeologists for maintaining a foraging lifestyle in a region that is
key to understanding human origins. Marlowe ably applies his years of
research with the Hadza to cover the traditional topics in
ethnography—subsistence, material culture, religion, and social
structure. But the book’s unique contribution is to introduce readers to
the more contemporary field of behavioral ecology, which attempts to
understand human behavior from an evolutionary perspective. To that end,
The Hadza also articulates the necessary background for readers
whose exposure to human evolutionary theory is minimal. Reviews:
"A special and rare kind of ethnography, skillfully blending detailed
description of behavior with thoughtful commentary on theoretical
issues. Exceptionally important and enduring."--Bruce Winterhalder,
co-editor of Evolutionary Ecology and Human Behavior
University of California Press, March 2010 Dr. Frank Marlowe Professor of Anthropology Florida State University fmarlowe@fsu.edu |  |