Your Cheating Heart
More Baked In Yumminess from Our Evolutionary Heritage
The buzz of conversation is a constant background to the camp’s activities: there is an endless flow of talk about gathering, hunting, the weather, food distribution, gift giving, and scandal. No !Kung is ever at a loss for words, and often two or three people will hold forth at once in a single conversation, giving the listeners a choice of channels to tune in on.
A good proportion of this talk in even the happiest of camps verges on argument. People argue about improper food…