Activity: Chapter 9 After spending an afternoon interviewing my elderly neighbours I gained insight into how they perceive the aging process and its impact on the quality if their lives. First, and foremost they viewed aging in a very positive and healthy manner. The believed that a positive attitude assists in accepting physical and psychosocial changes. They enjoyed the fact that they were both physically fit and cognitively alert. They both felt confident that with the …showed first 75 words of 647 total…

…showed last 75 words of 647 total…is because of these defined boundaries that tribal societies find warfare more prevalent that that of foraging bands. When anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon (Chagnon, 1997), studied the Yanomamo he found that the movement of this South American tribe was due to warfare with other tribes. Chagnon was able to therefore conclude, that in order for a tribe to maintain a locale there must be alliances formed with other neighbouring bands. Scupin Raymond. (1998)Cultural Anthropology A Global Perspective