Hi,<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Russell Coker <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:russell@coker.com.au" target="_blank">russell@coker.com.au</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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</div>The thing about hunter-gatherer societies is that there is a more direct link<br>
between population and sustainability.  If your tribe has a certain area that<br>
can feed a certain number of people then you have clear choices to keep the<br>
population down or declare war on surrounding tribes - which would be more<br>
likely to reduce the population of your own tribe than increase the available<br>
land.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Moi, as a long term resident of , and very frequent traveller to far flung villages in PNG can categorically state  that you are so wrong it&#39;s not funny.</div><div><br></div>
<div><br></div><div>Rgds</div><div>BW</div></div></div>