Foraging Societies

From: Humans

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In this chapter, the author examines early hunter-gatherer societies, first looking at Sapiens, Neanderthals and then various peoples in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas. He finds that despite varying economic systems and cultural practices, they shared in common the values of communal ownership and sharing of resources, an egalitarian form of decision-making, gender equality and largely peaceful co-existence inside and outside of their own social collectives.