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Key variables in tests of food sharing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2005

Margaret Franzen
Margaret Franzen*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA95616
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Abstract:

Gurven discusses three key features of food sharing, specifically producer control, need, and contingency. I make two general points regarding the use of these variables in tests of food-sharing hypotheses. First, that these variables are relative, not absolute concepts; and second, that the predictions generated from these variables overlap significantly. In addition, I suggest frequency of sharing as a measure of contingency for the RA hypothesis.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , August 2004 , pp. 563
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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