Biological Anthropologist, University of Calgary, Canada
Vivek V Venkataraman is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Calgary, Canada. He is broadly interested in the evolution of the human diet and food systems, and their relation to life history, behavior, and social organizationn. He is the co-founder and co-principal investigator of the Orang Asli Health and Lifeways Project in Peninsular Malaysia, and also Assistant Director of the Guassa Gelada Research Project in Ethiopia .
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Anthropology
The Ju/’hoansi protocol
Hunter-gatherer societies are highly expert in group deliberation and decision-making which respects both difference and unity
Vivek V Venkataraman
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Anthropology
Lessons from the foragers
Hunter-gatherers don’t live in an economic idyll but their deep appreciation of rest puts industrialised work to shame
Vivek V Venkataraman