> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 1 topic, 4 evergreens, 1 source</em></s> #### [[Hunter-gatherer societies were very diverse]] This is an answer to:: [[Were hunter-gatherer societies egalitarian]]. The fact is that while most hunter-gatherer bands were of the size that could be naturally [[egalitarian]], ^[[[There is a limit to the size of a group ordered purely by personal communication]] which was enabled because [[Foraging kept populations down]]] we have much more evidence that they employed a variety of styles of [[social order]]. This meant that at times [[hunter-gatherers]] came together to produce great projects like [[Gobekli Tepe]], but also that they were often violent and pushed other bands to the edge of extinction. ^[or complete extinction as in the case of [[Homo neanderthalis]]] includes:: [[Hunter-gathers were capable of mass cooperation]] ### <hr class="footnote"/> **Status**:: #EVER/SAPLING *edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022* **Topics**:: [[hunter-gatherers]], [[society]], [[prehistory]] #### References ![[The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber#citation]] > ![[10_Sources/books - The Dawn of Everything#^258309239]] ![[Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari#citation]] > ![[10_Sources/books - Sapiens#^297089486]] > ![[10_Sources/books - Sapiens#^294248524]]