In “The Giving Environment: Another Perspective on the Economic System of Gatherer-Hunters,” the #anthropologist Nurit Bird-David described an interesting social institution among the Nayaka, a forager society in southern India. Bird-David calls this “demand sharing.”

“Nayaka give to each other, request from each other, expect to get what they ask for, and feel obliged to give what they are asked for. They do not give resources to each other in a calculated, foresighted fashion, with a view to receiving something in return, nor do they make claims for debts.”

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#Anthropology #DemandSharing #HunterGatherers

In “The Giving Environment: Another Perspective on the Economic System of Gatherer-Hunters,” the #anthropologist Nurit Bird-David described an interesting social institution among the Nayaka, a forager society in southern India. Bird-David calls this “demand sharing.”

“Nayaka give to each other, request from each other, ex- pect to get what they ask for, and feel obliged to give what they are asked for. They do not give resources to each other in a calculated, foresighted fashion, with a view to receiving something in return, nor do they make claims for debts.”

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#Anthropology #DemandSharing #HunterGatherers

There is almost no evidence that women stay at home while men hunt in hunter-gatherer societies. Indeed, in 80% of societies on record, women are active participants in hunting. Sometimes even not as the bait.

#huntergatherers #society #hunting #anthropology #genderroles #men #women

So yeah, women do and did hunt, throughout the ages.

https://www.science.org/content/article/worldwide-survey-kills-myth-man-hunter

#HunterGatherers
#WomenAsHunters

"What is most interesting about the introduction of agriculture is that it very well might be true that no one wanted to do it.”

#ExistentialComics #Philosophy #Agriculture #HunterGatherers

https://existentialcomics.com/comic/501

Assumptions about gender roles in past humans ignore an icky but potentially crucial part of original 'paleo diet'

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-assumptions-gender-roles-humans-icky.html

#paleodiet #huntergatherers #genderroles

Carl Sagan argued that hunter-gatherers were the first scientists, who used observation and experimentation to survive in nature. His view challenges the common assumption that science is a modern invention of civilized societies. By recognizing the scientific roots of our ancestors, we can appreciate the diversity and creativity of human knowledge across time and space.

#CarlSagan #ScienceHistory #HunterGatherers

https://bigthink.com/the-past/carl-sagan-hunter-gatherers-scientists/

Why #CarlSagan thought #ancient #huntergatherers were #scientists
https://bigthink.com/the-past/carl-sagan-hunter-gatherers-scientists/

Hunter-gatherer childhoods may offer clues to improving education and well-being in developed countries - Medical Xpress #HunterGatherers #education https://apple.news/AiS5trfxvSZmXpOkP9Tylxw

Oh DNA of ancient times,
Unlock secrets from Europe's past lives.
Our ancient brothers and sisters,
Reveal secrets stored in blisters,
Unveiling forgotten chapters and rhymes.

#dna #europe #huntergatherers #history #ode #poetry

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/01/science/dna-hunter-gatherers-europe.html

Europe's First Hunter-Gatherer People May Not Have Vanished Like We Thought : ScienceAlert

https://theconversation.com/we-thought-the-first-hunter-gatherers-in-europe-went-missing-during-the-last-ice-age-now-ancient-dna-analysis-says-otherwise-200899 #europe #huntergatherers

Bow-and-arrow, technology of the first modern humans in Europe 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France - Phys.org #palaeolithic #HunterGatherers
https://apple.news/AuKAy94POTdqbfsRsrYn3NA

How Hunter-Gatherers Used The Land Around Stonehenge - Discover #Stonehenge #neolithic #mesolithic #HunterGatherers
https://apple.news/AvnI_2Z-jN6ON9HfUhEDaHw

Gobekli Tepe & the Younger Dryas: why did we start farming? [youtube video 30m08s] #GobekliTepe #neolithic #HunterGatherers https://youtu.be/bKAxOwRCsT8

This is a first instalment of my #tegtmeier "research": What you don't know yourself you gotta find an explanation for. (Introduction to my use of the hashtag here https://mst.mineown.de/@anlomedad/109686422874580424)

I got this spark from a conver by @poostain and @breadandcircuses about
- the alleged "harmony with nature" that
- allegedly got lost when humans invented #agriculture
– and why did agriculture, classified as something of major sin in the conver, evolve "so late" if it was
- inevitable due to "human nature"
- and despite of humans having been around for "so long" before, without inventing this "human-nature-skill"? https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses/109746656416531173

Here, I'll explain to myself in #Tegtmeier's fashion how hunter-gatherers #HunterGatherers at LEAST from the Upper #Paleolithic
- communicated #calendar knowledge for hunting to stay in control of their caloric intake,
- and might as well have applied agricultural practices, and for both,
- they must have lived at least semi-settled in caves.
- Then I put the lifestyle of the first modern humans in #SouthAfrica 300ky ago and their much, much later #OutOfAfrica migration around 65ky into a #climate perspective, including musings about #CH4 and #sealevel, the latter might have destroyed potential ccoastal #archeology sites. Teaser: I'll also use (and explain a little more) this pretty chart of 350ky of climate factors and #proxies for the climate perspective.
- And as an afterthought, I'll also look at what is known or hypothesised about deliberately wielding #fire. Wielding fire, I'd say, is the first definitive step outside "living in harmony with nature".

This is fascinating.

In particular the discovery that our ancient hunter-gathering ancestors had ritual practices we cannot comprehend:

https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/stone-age-hunter-gatherers-in-britain/

#Archaeology #Mesolithic #HunterGatherers #Yorkshire

Featured in "Digging for Britain, Series 10: 5. Roman Mosaics and Ancient Weapons": www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0dm80y4 via @bbciplayer

Archaeologists shed light on the lives of Stone Age hunter-gatherers in Britain

by Joe Stafford, University of Manchester

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-archaeologists-stone-age-hunter-gatherers-britain.html

#archeology #stoneage #huntergatherers #britain

Jōmon period ceramic 'cats head' nickname suggestions wanted! deadline 31/01 - result to be announced on Cat Day 22/02 https://www3-nhk-or-jp.translate.goog/news/html/20230113/k10013948791000.html #Jomonperiod #JomonPottery #CatDay #HunterGatherers

A couple of things I’ve been working on as part of a commission for a friend! Including:

2x small leather coin pouches (one with wooden beads, one with bone beads)

1x roe deer hide pouch/satchel for a glasses case

1x Mesolithic style amber pendant

#ancientcraft #leatherwork #craft #archaeology #history #medieval #mesolithic #prehistory #art #leathercraft #nature #deer #huntergatherers

Fascinating and quite reasonable, #logical #analysis of markings in #prehistoricCaveArt

#prehistoric #CaveArt #prehistory #huntergatherers #Paleolithic #Europe #EuropeanCaves #memoryAid#culture #priorities #communication

#lifeCycles #animals #prey #calendar #roughCalendar #lunarCalendar #protoWriting #writing #tallies #tallyMarks #huntingSeason #TimeToHunt #matingSeason #BirthingSeason #HowManyMoons

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkg95v/a-total-amateur-may-have-just-rewritten-human-history-with-bombshell-discovery