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Anthropology

customerserviceguy

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3. Hunter-gatherer societies

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Jun 21, 2019, 02:32 PM

Jun 2019

tend to be rather small, only a limited population can be sustained by what can be taken from an environment that is within walking distance. Agricultural societies that have learned how to store surplus can be larger, and thus need more regulation.

The places that had established control through religion tended to survive while those that did not tended to perish.

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First Neolithic City Was So Overcrowded People Started Trying to Kill Each Other [View all] Judi Lynn Jun 2019 OP

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That must have been a nightmare. luvMIdog Jun 2019 #2

Hunter-gatherer societies customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #3

yes, I read about places like this! HeartlandProgressive Aug 2019 #4