Social Hierarchies Among Hunter-Gatherers: Complexity, Variations, and Debates
Contrary to the image of absolute egalitarianism, hunter-gatherer societies display great social diversity, sometimes including forms of hierarchy and differentiation. Anthropologists such as Lévi-Strauss, Clastres, and Testart illuminate this complexity. #Anthropology #HunterGatherers #Hierarchy The common idea that hunter-gatherer societies are systematically egalitarian is nuanced by…
A Batek woman walks in the forest of Taman Negara National Park in search of useful materials. The Batek are hunter-gatherers whose knowledge of the forest landscape is based on familiarity with a complex network of trails and topographic features. This knowledge is transmitted through long practice in walking, gathering, and moving from one place to another.
#Malaysia (2010)
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Long-term coexistence of #huntergatherers and incoming #farmers during the European #Neolithic
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-neolithic-agriculture-hunter-farmers-coexisted.html
Article from a few years back by space #archaeologist Alice Gorman on giving the Moon 'legal personhood' and rights.
Since we understand the origins of human culture in terms of #lunar (menstrual) #animist cosmology, we are 500 per cent behind this! NB that #huntergatherers conceive of the Moon as #genderfluid
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/how-stop-lunar-mining-give-moon-rights-167880
#Animal #diseases leapt to #humans when we started keeping #livestock
When #huntergatherers began living close to animals, the #pathogens that cause the #plague and #leprosy got closer too.
The #genomic study identified 5,486 #DNA sequences from #bacteria, #viruses and #parasites in blood remnants from bones and teeth spanning 37,000 years. #Zoonotic pathogens were detected only in remains 6,500 years old or younger.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02165-x
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