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#### [[Did hunter-gatherers lead better lives than us]]
includes:: [[Were hunter-gatherer societies egalitarian]]
This has been a question since [[Age of Enlightenment|the Enlightenment]] and has survived to this day as the myth of the [[noble savage]].
Today this is a combination of this idea that [[hunter-gatherers]] were primarily [[egalitarian]]
^[Almost certainly not true: [[Hunter-gatherer societies were very diverse]] but still a common question [[Were hunter-gatherer societies egalitarian]]]
and a newer idea spawned by [[Neuroscience]],
that since [[Our biology has not significantly changed for thousands of years]] our brains would be more accustomed to a hunter-gatherer lifestyle.
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**Status**:: #EVER/SAPLING
*edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022*
**Topics**:: [[hunter-gatherers]], [[human advancement]]