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...prehistory. In trying to reconstruct the "ancestral environment," evolutionary psychologists analyze the nearest approximations available--the sort of technologically primitive societies that the Una bomber extols. The most prized examples are the various hunter-gatherer societies that anthropologists have studied this century, such as the Ainu of Japan, the !Kung San of southern Africa and the Ache of South America. Also valuable are societies with primitive agriculture in the few cases where--as with some Yanomamo villages in Venezuela--they lack the contaminating contact with moderners that reduces the anthropological value of some hunter-gatherer societies...
...course, when a pelican who has been changed into a man and kung fu diva who wields a broom are just two of the zany people who help them figure out who they are, things are bound to get a little strange and a lot complicated...
...MONKEYS, A KUNG-FU DIVA AND A PELICAN MAN WHO WALTZES WITH A WHEELBARROW ARE JUST A FEW OF THE CHARACTERS FEATURED INMUM AND SHAH, A PRODUCTION THAT OPENS THIS WEDNESDAY AT BOSTON'S LYRIC STAGE...
...kung fu diva is played by Bow Sim Mark, a world-renown Tai Ch'i master. She is known for her work in transforming Tai Ch'i into a performing...
...risk of falling among elderly people, reports the Journal of the American Medical Association. A study of 2,328 people over 65 shows that general exercise could reduce the risk of falling by 13 percent. But when one group of seniors learned moves based on the popular, slow-motion Kung Fu, researchers say, the risk dropped by 25 percent. Tai Chi's slow, controlled movements emphasize maintaining good balance and good muscle tone. The study says unintentional injuries are the sixth leading cause of death for the elderly in the U.S.Previous TIME DailyLast Night's MONEY