01388naa a2200193 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400350006010000210009524500880011626000090020452007780021365000280099165000210101965000160104065000270105670000220108377300890110510093832015-12-16       2015    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.15666/aeer/1303_8498622DOI1 aSOUZA, R. G. de.  aClimatic correlates of human subsistenceba global analysis.h[electronic resource]  c2015  aSubsistence links the behavioural and biological dimensions of human adaptability. We perform a cross-cultural investigation over an unpublished database containing approximately 2,700 ethnographic populations. The distribution of those Basic Economies is analysed by Latitude, Temperature and Rainfall. Results show unequal geographic distributions, although the climatic variables are not good discriminators in all cases. Two strategies (Food production with fishing/foraging, and Foraging/fishing) are distinct. The generalist form composed by extensive agriculture, coupled with foraging and fishing, is the most adaptable and widespread form of food acquisition. The exceptions are cold deserts, which foragers/fishers provide the best fit to the marginality concept.  aCross-cultural analysis  aHunter-gatherers  aMarginality  aSubsistence strategies1 aMIRAZÓN LAHR, M.  tApplied Ecology and Environmental Research, Budapestgv. 13, n. 2, p. 849-862, 2015.