> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 3 evergreens</em></s> #### [[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. ### <hr class="footnote"/> **Status**:: #EVER/SAPLING *edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022* **Topics**:: [[hunter-gatherers]], [[human advancement]]