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Hunter-gatherer bands don't exactly survive without families to continue the cycle of reproduction, someone to take care of the children, someone to tend to the
by judge2020 4y ago
Hunter-gatherer bands don't exactly survive without families to continue the cycle of reproduction, someone to take care of the children, someone to tend to the wounded and sick, someone to build the houses while the hunter-gatherers are out hunting, someone to grow crops when it's cold and food is harder to hunt for, someone to track how much food everyone is getting...
- necovek 4y agoI did not read the original reply to mean that "hunter-gatherer band" only consists of hunters and gatherers. And while there is certainly division of labour as you describe it, it does not necessarily imply that these are distinct social classes (even today, we have different job roles in a single social class).
- judge2020 4y agoBut it only takes one spark of someone thinking they "put more effort in than everyone else" to demand more food, and suddenly you have societal classes that drift further apart over time.