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exposures to 'hormonal' toxicants?" Science News, 22 January 1994, 56-58.
35. Edward O. Wilson, The Insect Societies, pp. 236-237.
36. George Ordish, The Year of the Ant, p. 84.
37. George Ordish, The Year of the Ant, pp. 84-90.
38. For descriptions of Arab raiding, see William R. Polk & William J. Mares,
Passing Brave, pp. 104, 151, 153. For its role as one of the most highly valued
activities of Bedouin life until as late as the 1940's, see: Sir John Glubb, A Short
History of the Arab Peoples, Stein and Day, New York, 1969, p. 25; and Philip K.
Hitti, The Arabs: A Short History, Gateway Editions, South Bend, Indiana, 1970, pp.
10-18. Hitti is professor emeritus of Semitic literature at Princeton University.
39. David Holden and Richard Jones, The House of Saud, Pan Books, London,
1982, pp. 2-174.
40. C.T. Dourish, W. Rycroft, S.D. Iversen, "Postponement of Satiety by Blockade
of Brain Cholecystokinin (CCK-B) Receptors," Science, September, 1989, pp.
1509-1511.
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N Anderson, The Food of China, Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 1988, p. 9. Don't be misled by the title of this book. It is a breathtaking excursion through the material underpinnings of Chinese society, rich with insights into the hidden machinery of cultural development.
42. Jane Goodall, In The Shadow of Man, pp. 34, 171, 200-202, 205-207. Nancy
Makepeace Tanner, On Becoming Human: A Model of the Transition From Ape to
Human & The Reconstruction of Early Human Social Life, pp. 79-80.
43. Despite their pathetic aim, an impressive number of primates throw objects at
intruders penetrating their territory. These include gorillas, orangutans and patas
monkeys. Others, like gibbons, howlers, red spider monkeys and cebus, drop
branches and nuts on the invaders. And baboons and macaques roll stones down
hills to discourage interlopers. (K.R.L. Hall, "Tool-Using Performances as
Indicators of Behavioral Adaptability," in Phyllis C. Jay ed., Primates: Studies in
Adaptation and Variability, pp. 136-7.)
44. Authority accrues to the successful hunter even in the most aggressively
egalitarian primitive groups. Take, for example, the Hadza of Tanzania. The
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