 Some, particularly women, show signs of steatopygia, or accumulated fat in the buttocks and haunches.The Sandawe have long been considered expert survivalists during times of food shortages as a result of having a strong hunting and gathering tradition.By the time of the expeditions of Charles Stokes and Emin Pasha, they had also become herders and agriculturalists, but still tended to be grouped with the Gogo people.