Comment Re:Dogs made man. Was Re:Maybe, but... (Score 1) 716
The Yamamono, the Fore, the Andamanese, the Koi-san all fight all the time and they fight to kill. With ambush imminent at any time and raids being very common, they could not develop sedentism, living in one place. They have to be constantly on the move.
Do you mean the Yanomamo? (there's no such group as the "Yamamono")
As someone who has been taught by an anthropologist who has spent considerable time living with the Yanomamo, your characterization is incorrect. The Yanomamo do, in fact, live in one place for extended periods of time (2 years-ish). The reason they move is because their staple food is bananas, which take some time to grow and produce exactly one bunch per tree. Staggered planting helps, but the soil is quickly exhausted. They live in one area until they start to exhaust the resources, and then move on to a new area. One particular thing to note is that they prepare a new area ahead of time by planting bananas there. In fact, they have several areas prepared in various stages of readiness so that when they need to move, they can move to an area that has bananas ready for consumption. They have reasonably sophisticated agricultural techniques, but their environment and the types of crops available force them to relocate, regardless of whether they have a domesticated guard-animal.