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Somebody who still practices the oldest [known] subsistence method for humans: gathering plant foods and hunting animals. Also known as a forager. For 99.9% of human history, [virtually all] humans lived in small, semi-nomadic bands who foraged for food. Now only .1% of humans hunt and gather.
Hunter-gatherer societies are the most egalitarian societies known; since the group size is rarely more than one hundred to two hundred, there is no room for sexual division of labor or social strata because everyone must look out for each other. Men hunt while women and children gather roots, leaves, fruits, eggs, seeds, and trap small animals. Males and females are recognized as different but equally important; since hunting is difficult and [unpredictable], the women provide about 80% of the food. While women could hunt, that they nurse babies and [small children] keeps them from joining stressful, difficult hunts; gathering plant foods is far easier on the women and children. While the men must use sign language and hand signals to [communicate] while hunting, the women are free to chat with each other as they gather all manner of plant products.

Foragers depend heavily on the reproductive capacities of their territory and the local climate/ ecosystem must change very little, if at all; a tiny shift could mean disaster.

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