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Review of Nancy Howell’s Life Histories of the Dobe !Kung: Food, Fatness, and Well-Being over the Life-Span (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010)

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Wells, J.C.K. Review of Nancy Howell’s Life Histories of the Dobe !Kung: Food, Fatness, and Well-Being over the Life-Span (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010). Hum Nat 22, 370–375 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-011-9121-9

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