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As we have no real contemporary examples of hunter-gatherer society, it's somewhat unwise to build models extrapolating from what is little more than guesswork regarding their social dynamics. One ends up with wish fulfillment, a la Margaret Meade, rather than anything based on reliable data.

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Allan Milne Lees
Allan Milne Lees

Written by Allan Milne Lees

Anyone who enjoys my articles here on Medium may be interested in my books Why Democracy Failed and The Praying Ape, both available from Amazon.

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