The Kung, Shoshone, And Mbuti Tribes: Hunting And Gathering Societies

Term Paper Title	The Kung, Shoshone, And Mbuti Tribes: Hunting And Gathering Societies
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The Kung, Shoshone, and Mbuti Tribes: Hunting and Gathering Societies

        As in many societies different groups of people are connected by similar
traits.  People of hunting and gathering societies also share similar qualities.
Although the Kung, Shoshone, and Mbuti live in unique environments they still
share numerous common characteristics because of there life styles.
     The Kung San and Shoshone make critical decisions in similar ways.  The
people of the Shoshone and Kung are much like a modern community in that they
live together but for the most part live separate lives.  They come together to
hunt, like we to work, but when the hunt is over they get paid, in the form of
meat, and go home to their families. If they should choose to any group may
leave the whole at anytime.  The Mbuti choose to live as a whole.  They act as
one family.  All decisions are made by the community as a whole.  If the group
cannot reach consensus on a problem then the group may split for that time but
will rejoin once the projects are completed.  Unlike the Kung and Shoshone the
Mbuti stay together, for the most part, throughout the year and do not diffuse
when supplies become more plentiful.
     The two most important things a person needs is food and water.  Many
different foods are consumed by the Mbuti.  There diet consists of meats, fruits,
berries, roots, fungus and insects.  The Mbuti's food supply ...

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