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... forests which provided ample shade and wallows as well as acorns , beechnuts , truffles , and other forest floor products . With an in- crease in human population density , farm acreage increased and the oak and beech forests were ...
... forests which provided ample shade and wallows as well as acorns , beechnuts , truffles , and other forest floor products . With an in- crease in human population density , farm acreage increased and the oak and beech forests were ...
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... forests of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco . Although nominally Moslems , the villagers kept pigs which they let loose in the forest during the day and brought home at night . The villagers denied that they raised pigs , never took them ...
... forests of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco . Although nominally Moslems , the villagers kept pigs which they let loose in the forest during the day and brought home at night . The villagers denied that they raised pigs , never took them ...
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... forest : wild pigs , anteaters , and bats . Suppose further that in four hours of searching through this forest , a forager can expect to encounter one wild SMALL THINGS 165.
... forest : wild pigs , anteaters , and bats . Suppose further that in four hours of searching through this forest , a forager can expect to encounter one wild SMALL THINGS 165.
Contents
ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
Copyright | |
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