Historical Event

All History

Copy URL to Share

Date:

October 1, 1949

Short Description:

Tweet:

Reddit:

Ingstad witnesses a four-year-old Nunamiut Eskimo boy drink breast milk from his mother.

Title:

Book:

Person:

Nunamuit: Among Alaska's Inland Eskimos

Nunamiut, Among Alaska's Inland Eskimos

Helge Ingstad

URL:

https://www.amazon.com/Nunamuit-Among-Alaskas-Inland-Eskimos/dp/088150761X

Important Text:

The daughter of the house, the widow Paniulaq, had carried on with her work all the time without taking very much notice of what was going on. Then her four-year-old son woke up, threw the hides on one side, and sat up, with caribou hairs among his own dark locks. He suddenly became aware of his mother and caught hold of her. She bared her breast, and the sturdy boy began sucking, while the flow of words continued undisturbed.

Topics: (click image to open)

	Man The Fat Hunter	Man is a lipivore - hunting and preferring the fattiest meats they can find. When satisifed with fat, they will want little else.
	Human Predatory Pattern	Killing animals larger in weight than humans - a rare occurrence for carnivores. Generally means hunting mammoths and other large fat megafauna.
	Facultative Carnivore	Facultative Carnivore describes the concept of animals that are technically omnivores but who thrive off of all meat diets. Humans may just be facultative carnivores - who need no plant products for long-term nutrition.
	Pregnancy
	Carnivore Diet	The carnivore diet involves eating only animal products such as meat, fish, dairy, eggs, marrow, meat broths, organs. There are little to no plants in the diet.