>"The degree of inhibition associated with breastfeeding
>has decreased remarkably since the time of hunter/gatherers

Just have to point out that TODAY is still the time of hunter/gatherers.
There are many hunting and gathering populations/cultures still alive and
practicing hunting and gathering as a way of life in the world today.  There
are also many people who augment their staple food supply with hunting and
gathering, including many Americans who fish at the local
pond/lake/seashore, gather wild dewberries or grapes, dandelion greens, hunt
deer or wild hogs, etc. etc. etc.  The days of hunters and gatherers are not
"lost in the misty past" -- they are now.

Kathy Dettwyler

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