Quantitative Observational Studies of Forager Subsistence and Social Behavior

采集者生存和社会行为的定量观察研究

• 批准号: 8807436
• 负责人: Kristen Hawkes
• 金额: $ 14.07万
• 依托单位: University of Utah
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-07-15 至 1991-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8807436&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Quantitative; Observational; Studies; Forager; Subsistence

This project will involve three researchers studying the economic and social behavior of a foraging society of northern Tanzania. The investigators will conduct quantitative behavioral observations on foraging and hunting activities as well as observe and record information about child care, group size, food sharing, and time allocation across tasks during the day. The project is important because it will help us understand the economic choices that foragers make, how these choices and their behavior are related to the environment they live in, and how their economic behavior is related to their evolutionary adaptations. This project will provide a valuable case study to compare with the much more studied Kung Bushmen of the Kalahari desert. The comparison will help us understand foraging band behavior, which is essential in order to understand our own evolutionary past.

该项目将涉及三名研究人员， 北方一个觅食社会的经济社会行为 坦桑尼亚. 研究人员将进行定量分析， 对觅食和狩猎活动的行为观察， 以及观察和记录有关儿童保育、小组 大小，食物共享和时间分配在任务期间， 天 这个项目很重要，因为它将帮助我们 了解觅食者做出的经济选择， 他们的选择和行为与环境有关， 生活，以及他们的经济行为如何与他们的 进化适应 该项目将提供一个有价值的 案例研究，以比较更多的研究孔布须曼 喀拉哈里沙漠。 比较会帮助我们理解 觅食行为，这是必不可少的， 了解我们自己的进化史