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The evolution of Diet: the Hunter-gatherer diet. Lifestyle and food habits of the Hadza people, the world's last full-time hunter-gatherer community, in Tanzania. Food comes mainly from hunting wildlife and gathering wild berries and tubers.

For the Hadza of Tanzania, honey is an essential, concentrated energy source as well as a tasty treat. Foragers find honey by following honey guides, birds that track bees to their tree-trunk nests. Then they light small logs or bundles of brush to make smoke to lull the bees, allowing foragers to get away with the honeycomb.

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For the Hadza of Tanzania, honey is an essential, concentrated energy source as well as a tasty treat. Foragers find honey by following honey guides, birds that track bees to their tree-trunk nests. Then they light small logs or bundles of brush to make smoke to lull the bees, allowing foragers to get away with the honeycomb.