Where sedentism does occur amongst hunters and gatherers it seems generally to be related to a number of recurrent features.
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Sedentism
Synonyms for "sedentism"
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9 translations across 7 languages.
Esperanto
1 entries- loksideco noun (Translations)
Finnish
3 entries- pysyvä asuminen noun (Translations)
- sedentarismi noun (Translations)
- sedentismi noun (Translations)
French
1 entries- sédentarité noun (Translations)
Japanese
1 entries- 定住 noun (Translations)
Kazakh
1 entries- отырықшылық noun (Translations)
Persian
1 entries- یکجانشینی noun (Translations)
Polish
1 entries- osiadłość noun (Translations)
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The implicit correlations between mobility, sedentism, complexity, and progressive evolutionary change are so interwoven and all pervasive as to be all but impossible to disentangle in adaptationist theory.
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Assuming sedentism made children less costly, as is often said to be true, our theory predicts a shift toward increased fertility, increased child mortality, decreased food per capita, and increased regional population.
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