Excellent info on Australian hunter gatherers, Don.

I just read a book about N. American HGs in the Columbia River area and
their greatest challenge was to find sufficient fat.

The Indian with the most fat stored in his lodge, was considered the wealthiest.

Mary

If you guys are interested I'll search out the title.

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>The great challenge for the Aborigine was to obtain enough dietary fat.
>They were close observers of nature and knew just when certain animals were
>at their fattest.
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>Other sources of fat included eggs -- from bother birds and reptiles -- and
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