The Aboriginal's Life
To learn more about the life of foragers, we read the book "Walkabout" by James Vance Marshall in class. "Walkabout" depicts the life of a hunter-gatherer in details and imagery. A "walkabout" is "a selective test which weeded out and exterminated the weaker members of the tribe." It helped to ensure that only that only the strong, healthy, and intelligent young men lived to father children.
Foraging...what's it like?
Aboriginals are hunter-gatherers. That means that they hunt for their own food and water. They also do not domesticate any animals in any sort of way. They live in the Australian outback and can survive under harsh conditions in weather that people like us today cannot survive in. James Vance Marshall, author of Walkabout, said that "Physically the Australian Aborigine is tough. He can stand any amount of heat, exposure, or cold; and his incidence to pain is remarkably low" (Marshall).
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