At the time of the original publication of this book, Richard B. Lee was Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto and Irven DeVore was Professor o

Contains comparative comments with Australian Aborigines based on secondary literature.

A comprehensive and fascinating account of all the major groups of southern African hunter-gatherers.

For most of human history hunting and gathering was a universal way of life. Richard Borshay Lee spent over three years conducting fieldwork among the !Kung San

Introduces the history, culture, and daily life of the hunter-gatherers who have lived in Africa for 20,000 years.