Dr. Katherine Dettywyler sent me this information about societies where children breastfeed for many years. (shared with permission): NOTE: Anthropologists no longer refer to any society or group of people as being “primitive” or “savage” or “barbaric” – people who have very simple technological resources may nonetheless be quite sophisticated in terms of religion, philosophy, kinship systems, art, music, etc. Therefore, please excuse the following authors for using the … [Read more...]