of the hunter-gatherers' way of life, andit, too, was a consequence of their
mobility. People were left to die when they were too old to walk, and twins
and other children were killed when theywere too numerous to carry.
Inskeep provides a judicious summation of the hunter-gathering culture
as it had matured in Southern Africa by the beginning of the Christian era:
"We find evidence of sophisticated and successful populations employing
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