In an age of heightened awareness of the threat that western industrialized societies pose to the environment, hunters and gatherers attract particularly strong

A provocative exploration of the tension between our evolutionary history and our modern woes—and what we can do about it. We are living through the most pros

"The book spells out the great human achievements that have been brought about by humans who hunt and gather - across the millennia. It also shows that these ac

Challenges the preconceptions that hunter-gatherers were Paleolithic relics living in a raw state of nature, instead crafting a position that emphasizes their d

Offers a linguistic window into contemporary hunter-gatherer societies, looking at how they survive and interface with agricultural and industrial societies.