HUNTING

AND FOOD
GATHERING
SOCIETIES

HUNTING AND FOOD

GATHERING SOCIETIES
Is the earliest form of human society
They survived by foraging for vegetable foods and small game,
fishing, hunting and collecting shellfish
They used tools made of stones, woods and bones
According to Richard Leakey, Hunting is the key characteristics
in the development of human social organization.

TRAITS DERIVED FROM HUNTING

AND FOOD GATHERING
A base camp. This was a place where infants could be cared for
and where meat and plant foods could be brought. This camp
became an important social focus
A division of labor. Males were the hunters. The females were
tasked with child care and plant food gathering
The development of cooperation. As society was formed, each
individual become more dependent on the activities and the
trust of others in the group. This gave rise to a closely knit
social group where prolonged socialization of children began