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Insights from Ifaluk: Food sharing among cooperative fishers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2005

Richard Sosis
Richard Sosis*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, U-2176, Storrs, CT06269-2176http://www.anth.uconn.edu/faculty/sosis/
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richard.sosis@uconn.edu
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Abstract:

The fish-sharing patterns on Ifaluk Atoll underscore several limitations of the explanations of food sharing offered by Gurven and suggest that non-foraging labor activities may provide insights into reciprocity and punishment relevant for understanding food-sharing patterns. I also argue that future food-sharing studies should focus on signaling rather than resource holding potential (RHP).

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , August 2004 , pp. 568 - 569
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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