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

language diversity, 371, 401

individualism, 91–92, 224, 457

Indonesia, 396

Indonesian New Guinea, 5

See also New Guinea

Indonesian traders, 67

inequality, 12, 13, 17, 18, 481

child-rearing and, 194, 198

religion and, 353

See also egalitarianism; power relationships

infanticide, 177–79, 286, 287

infants. See children

infections, 281–82

infectious diseases, 292, 293–96, 412, 435

insect bites, 281–82

Inuit, 228, 315, 341 table

elder treatment, 214, 215

expansion and language diversity, 381, 386

hunting and environmental hazards, 272–73, 278, 279 table

traditional food storage, 309 table

See also Alaska North Slope Inuit; Inupiat; other specific groups

Inupiat (northwest Alaska Inuit), 16, 189, 303, plate 9

map, 27 fig.

territoriality, 42, 44

trade, 66, 67, 74–75

warfare, 146, 152

Ireland, 230, 448

Irian Jaya, 5

See also New Guinea

Irish language, 401

Irons, William, 327 table

Ishi, 398, 456, plate 29

Islam, 341 table, 352, 357, 364

Israel, 363, 433, 438 table, 449

Israeli sand rat, 446–47

Italian language, 373, 374

Italy, 221–22, 428

Jackson, Jean, 385

jaguars, 280, 285

James, William, 327 table

Japan, 221, 231, 396, 399

diabetes in, 442

Pearl Harbor attack, 169–70

salt intake in, 419, 420, 421, 426–27

war mortality, 127, 140, plate 37

Japanese language, 372, 396, 399

Jones, Marie Smith, 397

Judaism, 330, 341 table, 358, 360, 363, 364

juvenile-onset diabetes, 430–31, 441, 442

Kafka, Franz, 11–12

Kalahari Desert, 302–3

See also !Kung people

Kamchatkans, 68 table

kangaroos, 183

Kaulong people, 16, 26 fig., 62, 284, 297–98

children, 91, 177, 204

elder treatment, 21, 216

environmental hazards, 278, 279 table

food availability, 308, 314–15

hunting superstitions, 339

Keeley, Lawrence, 139, 150, 165

Keen, Ian, 477

Kennedy, Edward, 105

kibbutzim, 363

kidney disease, 412, 417, 450

kidney function, 424–25, 429

killing(s), 131, 398

among the !Kung, 286–90

infanticide, 177–79, 286, 287

Kaulong widow strangling, 21, 216

of old people, 215–17, 232

psychology of, 142–43, 168–69

revenge killings, 84–85, 95, 271–72, 289–90

See also mortality; violence; warfare

Kirghiz people, 16, 26 fig.

Knight, Frank, 67

Konig, Hans, 134

Konner, Melvin, 276, 414, 450, 478

Kopechne, Mary Jo, 105

Korean food preservation, 309 table, 313

Korean language, 399

Kovacs, Agnes, 391

Kuegler, Doris, 133

Kuegler, Klaus, 133, 134

Kuegler, Sabine, 133, 276–77, 480–81

!Kung people, 14, 18, 26 fig., 93, 273, plate 6

breast-feeding and weaning, 179–80, 180–81, 182

child autonomy, 199

child punishment, 194, 195

childbirth, 176, 178–79

disease among, 292, 297

elders, 212, 214, 218, 221, 229, 237

environmental hazards, 278, 280, 281, 283–84

food scarcity, 300–301, 302–3, 308, 313–14, 316

group affiliation, 47, 50–51

hunting, 271, 276, 282, 284–85, 349–50

infant-adult contact, 184