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Some people feel that humans have evolved over millions of years to do well in hunter-gatherer tribes and we have not genetically adapted yet in 6,000? years of

Some people feel that humans have evolved over millions of years to do well in hunter-gatherer tribes and we have not genetically adapted yet in 6,000? years of civilization. If we think returning some habits of hunter-gatherer tribes would be beneficial, then we need to know what they are/were and not just wild-ass guess based on the Nobel Savage myth.

ksk 9y ago
Right, its good to present a model of what their habits were, if that was your area of interest. To use them as a prescriptive guide to base your habits on, requires further explanation and reasoning.
ams6110 9y ago
Many of the habits of hunter-gatherers would likely be absolutely unacceptable in today's culture. They were likely violently clannish/racist, completely male-dominated, hierarchical based on physical strength and appearance, and believed in gods/supernatural phenomenon.
- bjshepard 9y ago
  What evidence is there to suggest that this is the case? It seems, instead, that those behaviors arose at a later point -- you need a certain level of captivity to have institutions like the patriarchy, bands can't enforce coercive structures....
- ambentzen 9y ago
  So basically they where American? You're right, absolutely unacceptable by modern standards. BTW, the first sentence is about 50% a joke.
- gyrgtyn 9y ago
  You assumptions are completely backwards.
- irrational 9y ago
  Wait... violently clannish? So... Democrats vs Republicans? Violently racist? I think I remember something about that from the recent news. Completely male-dominated. Lets see, how many politicians, movie directors, CEOs, etc. are filled by males? Hmmm. Hierarchical based of physical appearance? Um... calling all pop stars and Kardashians. Believe in God. Something like 80+% of Americans. I'm super confused on what part of this is supposed to be absolutely unacceptable in today's culture. You have some serious blinders on or an unbelievable amount of naivete if you believe that.
KGIII 9y ago
Because of your question mark, I decided to look it up. Agriculture began about 12,000 to 10,000 years ago. It's not much different than 6,000 years and I only mention it because of your question mark. Here is a link, if you're curious: https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/development-of-agriculture/ https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/development-of-ag... It's worth adding that there were still some nomadic traits, initially. They'd plant and move on, hunting as they went, and would come back to where they planted when it was time to harvest. The speculation that I'm familiar with suggests that they did this with naturally growing crops before they began to cultivate them. This isn't my domain, I just like documentaries.
- njarboe 9y ago
  I was thinking that the beginning of writing as the start of civilization, but the start of agriculture could work. With a bit more thought, the beginning of cities (greater than, say, 10,000 people) might be a better one.

ksk 9y ago

Right, its good to present a model of what their habits were, if that was your area of interest. To use them as a prescriptive guide to base your habits on, requires further explanation and reasoning.

ams6110 9y ago

Many of the habits of hunter-gatherers would likely be absolutely unacceptable in today's culture. They were likely violently clannish/racist, completely male-dominated, hierarchical based on physical strength and appearance, and believed in gods/supernatural phenomenon.

bjshepard 9y ago
What evidence is there to suggest that this is the case? It seems, instead, that those behaviors arose at a later point -- you need a certain level of captivity to have institutions like the patriarchy, bands can't enforce coercive structures....
ambentzen 9y ago
So basically they where American? You're right, absolutely unacceptable by modern standards. BTW, the first sentence is about 50% a joke.
gyrgtyn 9y ago
You assumptions are completely backwards.
irrational 9y ago
Wait... violently clannish? So... Democrats vs Republicans? Violently racist? I think I remember something about that from the recent news. Completely male-dominated. Lets see, how many politicians, movie directors, CEOs, etc. are filled by males? Hmmm. Hierarchical based of physical appearance? Um... calling all pop stars and Kardashians. Believe in God. Something like 80+% of Americans. I'm super confused on what part of this is supposed to be absolutely unacceptable in today's culture. You have some serious blinders on or an unbelievable amount of naivete if you believe that.

KGIII 9y ago

Because of your question mark, I decided to look it up. Agriculture began about 12,000 to 10,000 years ago. It's not much different than 6,000 years and I only mention it because of your question mark. Here is a link, if you're curious: https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/development-of-agriculture/ https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/development-of-ag... It's worth adding that there were still some nomadic traits, initially. They'd plant and move on, hunting as they went, and would come back to where they planted when it was time to harvest. The speculation that I'm familiar with suggests that they did this with naturally growing crops before they began to cultivate them. This isn't my domain, I just like documentaries.

njarboe 9y ago
I was thinking that the beginning of writing as the start of civilization, but the start of agriculture could work. With a bit more thought, the beginning of cities (greater than, say, 10,000 people) might be a better one.