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Hunter-gatherer societies

Charkive StartersAnthropology
What is 'insulting the meat' among the !Kung San?

Among the !Kung (Ju/'hoansi), a successful hunter's kill is mocked rather than praised. The ethnographer Richard Lee described this as a way to curb arrogance and keep society egalitarian.

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