Anthropology – Yanomamos Adapting.

... ANTHROPOLOGY - YANOMAMOS ADAPTING Throughout the generations and years, the Yanomanö have found ways on how to adapt to living in the jungle of the Amazon region of southern Venezuela. In order for them to survive, these inhabitants have learned how to overcome difficulties with their terrain, how their shelter enables them to live in the jungle, and also how their hunting, gathering, fishing, and horticultural approaches to getting food have helped them to stay alive. Jungles in the yanomanö villages are relatively dense and contain a large variety of palm and hardwood trees. Canopies keep sunlight from reaching the ground and scrub brush and vines grow in most areas making it difficult for the natives to travel by foot. All villages have trails leading out into the jungle and to various villages beyond. Most of them wind through swamps, brush, rivers, and hills. With experience, the yanomanö are able to recognize

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