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criminal punishment as, 110–11

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

state prevention of, 98–99, 107, 109, 167–68

in traditional societies, 84–85, 87, 143, 147, 157

traditional warfare and, 143, 147, 157, 271–72

rhabdomancy, 342, 350–51, plate 46

Richardson, Don, 291

Richardson, Lewis, 163–64

risk assessment and tolerance, 270–75, 278, 317–19

faulty assessments, 277, 317–18, 319

in the First World, 277, 306–7, 317–19, 459–60, plate 45

learning from traditional societies, 464

unfamiliar risks, 276–77

risk reduction, 283, 284, 306–7

field scattering as, 303–6

financial investments, 306–7, plate 45

See also constructive paranoia

Robbins, Sterling, 148–49

Rome, ancient, 381, 417

Roscoe, Paul, 122

Rotokas language, 395–96

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 148, 152

Roviana people, 158

Rumsfeld, Donald, 355

Russia, 156

language diversity, 376, 377, 380, 399, 401

wars and violence, 139–40, 146–47, 403

Russian language, 372

Saami people, 215

salt, 417

and hypertension, 417–21, 423–25

sources and intake, 415–17, 425–28, 465

trade in, 68 table, 71–72, 416–17

Samoans, 218

San people, 215

Sandeep, S., 441

Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, 405

Sawi people, 291

Scandinavian languages, 404

schools, 200–201, 205, 235, 399

Schwartz v. Helms Bakery, 117

science, religion and, 346, 348, 350, 368

sedentariness, 15, 16, 194, 310, 378

disease and, 294–96, 413, 433, 434, 437, 440

Semang people, 139, 156–57, 219

Sengseng people, 21

senilicide, 215–17, 286

Service, Elman, 14–17

sex, 93, 175, 202, 224, 300

sexual selection, 333–34

Shakers, 364

shamans, 297–98, 339, 348, 355–56

Sheldon, Steve, 176–77

Sherman, William Tecumseh, 145–46

Shermer, Michael, 328 table

Shoshone Indians. See Great Basin Shoshone Indians; Owens Valley Shoshone Indians

Shostak, Marjorie, 284–85, 414, 450

Siassi traders, 59–60, 61, 66, 67, 68 table, 75

Siberian peoples, 309 table

siblings, 187, 188, 201, plate 38

Simpson, Nicole, 112

Simpson, O. J., 112

Sioux Indians, 144

Siriono Indians, 14, 48, 60, 93, 156

children, 179, 195, 202, 203–4

elders, 214, 215

food, 300, 444 table

hygiene, 296–97

map, 27 fig.

sex, 175, 202

The Sky Travelers (Gammage), 58

slavery, 146, 159

Smith, Joseph, 365

snakes, 198, 200, 278, 279 table, 280, 283–84, 285

Soccer War, 138

social bonds, 8, 274, 357–58, 454–55, 457

adoptions and, 189

aggregation and dispersal cycles, 315–16

dispute resolution and, 29, 81, 83–84, 87–90, 101, 105, 115

of elders, 219, 233–34, 235

friendship, 52–53

trade and, 63, 64–65, 73–75

violence and, 11, 358, 359

warfare and, 143

in WEIRD societies, 51–52, 88, 91, 456–58

See also group affiliation; reconciliation

social skills, 189–90, 201, 206, 208–9

allo-parenting and, 189–90

multi-age playgroups and, 201

social status

of elders, 221–27

luxury objects and, 63–64, 69

social stratification. See inequality

Solomon Islands, 151, 158, 301

sorcery, 159, 249–50, 297–98

Sorensen, Arthur, 385

Sosis, Richard, 347, 363

South America, diabetes in, 433, 451