I was using "modern" to refer to "right now", and I think I'm correct that if civilization collapsed tomorrow we would go back to being subsistence farmers, not

I was using "modern" to refer to "right now", and I think I'm correct that if civilization collapsed tomorrow we would go back to being subsistence farmers, not hunter gatherers, because we have access to all sorts of plants that are amenable to being farmed. But you're right, the phrase "modern humans" does have a specific meaning, and I did not use it correctly.