The World Until Yesterday

transportation of, 184–85, plates 21, 38, 39

war and, 141, 146, 157, 163

chimpanzees, 157, 183, 418

China

diabetes in, 430, 438 table, 450

elder status, 221, plate 23

language diversity, 376, 377

Mandarin Chinese language, 372, 405

salt intake, 421, 426

wars involving Chinese speakers, 164

Christianity, 325, 345–46, 352, 358, 360, 361

success of, 364, 365

See also Catholicism; Mormonism

Chukchi people, 215, 216, 228, 229

Chumash Indians, 16, 17, 27 fig., 133

Churchill, Winston, 217, 407

Cipriani, Lidio, 444 table

See also Andaman Islanders

Cistercian order, 353

Civil War, 145–46

clans, 15

climate, 307–8, 310, 377–78

cognition, 239, 405

Alzheimer’s disease, 392–95

multilingualism and, 387–95

origins of religion and, 336–40, 355

Columbus, Christopher, 14

communes, 362–63

compensation processes, 29, 87–90, 94–95, 100–101, 102–4, 112

New Guinea accidental death case, 80–81, 82–85

in state justice systems, 103–4, 112, 117

competition, age-based, 227–31

competitive play, 204

Confucianism, 221, 328

Connolly, Bob, First Contact, 57, 58

constructive paranoia, 30, 55, 243–75

See also dangers; risk; specific types of danger

conversation. See talk

Cornish language, 408

Costa Rica, 155–56

Cowgill, Donald, 221–22, 223, 230

cows, disputes over, 158

Nuer raiding, 44, 137, 139, 146, 158, 165

cradle boards, 184, 185–86

creationism, 345–46

Crespi, Juan, 133

criminal justice, 99, 108–14, 117, 118, 167

Cro-Magnons, 60, 64, 68 table, 340, plate 25

crocodiles, 280, plate 43

Crow Indians, 215, 341 table

crowd diseases, 294–96

crying infants, 190–92, 208

cultural diversity, 7, 20–23, 28

culture

elders as stewards of, 213, 219–20, 235, 237–38

language and, 370, 405, 406, 407–8

dangers, 24, 30–31, 276–319, 464

attitudes about fear, 284–85

children’s exposure to, 173–74, 193, 197–200

dangerous animals, 199, 200, 271, 279 table, 280, 282–83, 285, 286, plate 43

thrill-seeking, 318–19

travel and stranger encounters, 49–50, 54–55, 271–72

types and impacts, 245, 270–71, 276–78, plates 42, 43, 44

See also accidents; constructive paranoia; disease(s); environmental hazards; food scarcity; risk; violence

Dani people, 16, 55, 119, 416, plate 1

children’s play, 203, 204

map, 26 fig.

territoriality, 42, plate 13

trade, 66, 68 table, 71–72, 73

Dani warfare, 15, 54–55, 119–28, 165, plate 36

features of, 120–21, 143–44, 145, 146

mortality rates, 127–28, 139, plate 36

time-line, 121–27

Danish language, 402–3

Daribi people, 16, 26 fig., 68 table, 70, 297–98, 308

Dead Birds (film), 120

death

religion and, 329, 351–52

See also mortality

death penalty, 110

Dennett, Daniel, 327 table

diabetes, 4, 31, 292–93, 413, 427–49

in Europeans, 438 table, 447–49

genetic factors, 431–32, 434, 436–37, 441–47

in India, 430, 431, 433, 437, 438 table, 440–41, 450

Nauru Islanders, 435–37, 439 table, 446, 449

Pima Indians, 434–35, 439 table

rates of, 429–30, 433, 438–39 table, 447

risk factors, 417, 431–34

types of, 430–31

Wanigela people, 411, 439 table

dialects, 372–74

diet

diabetes and, 429, 430, 432–33, 434, 440, 443

food availability and, 310, 313–15, 316

hypertension and, 417–21, 423–25

learning from traditional societies, 462, 465