Baobab : the Hadza of Tanzania and the baobab as humanity's tree of life

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Baobab : the Hadza of Tanzania and the baobab as humanity's tree of life

John Rashford

Springer, c2023

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-374) and index

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Modern humans, descendants of a founding population that separated from chimpanzees some five to eight million years ago, are today the only living representative of a branching group of African apes called hominins. Because of its extraordinary size and shape, the baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) has long been identified as the most striking tree of Africa's mosaic savanna, the landscape generally regarded as the environment of hominin evolution. This book makes the case for identifying the baobab as the tree of life in the hunter-gatherer adaptation that was the economic foundation of hominin evolution. The argument is based on the significance of the baobab as a resource-rich environment for the Hadza of northeastern Tanzania, who continue to be successful hunter-gatherers of the African savanna.

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Part I: THE BAOBAB Chapter 1. The distinguishing features of the tree of life and the baobab Chapter. 2. The Hadza and studies that document their use of the baobab Part II: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Chapter. 3. Hominin adaptation as the development of a gendered forager division of labor Chapter. 4. Correlated handiness and bipedality as the outcome of the multidimensional selective pressures of the forager way of life Part III: MATERIAL CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY Chapter. 5. Africa's premier fiber tree Chapter. 6. The baobab and container Chapter. 7. The baobab and fire in hominin evolution Part IV: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS Chapter. 8. The baobab and Hadza acquisition, management and use of water Chapter. 9. Baobab seasonality PART V: BAOBAB RESOURCES: FOOD, HEALTH, AND EXCHANGE BENEFITS Chapter. 10. The Hadza preeminent fruit tree Chapter. 11. Baobab beverages Chapter. 12. Africa's honey tree Chapter. 13. The baobab and birds Chapter. 14. The Hadza diet and the baobab as a source of other animal foods Chapter. 15. The baobab as a hunger-time tree of life Chapter. 16. The baobab and health Chapter. 17. The baobab and exchange Part VI: THE INSPIRATIONAL VALUE OF THE BAOBAB Chapter. 18. The baobab in Hadza inspirational life Chapter. 19. The baobab as a fertility tree Chapter. 20. Other inspirational uses of the baobab Chapter. 21. The baobab and danger Chapter. 22. The baobab and death Part VII. THE HADZA AND BAOBAB REGENERATION Chapter. 23. The baobab and Hadza central-place residential camps Chapter. 24. Hadza influence on baobab regeneration Chapter. 25. The Hadza baobab retreat Literature cited Index

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