Hunter-gatherer

Examples of Hunter-gatherer in the following topics:

• The Four Social Revolutions

  • The hunter-gatherer way of life is based on the consumption of wild plants and wild animals.
  • Consequently, hunter-gatherers are often mobile, and groups of hunter-gatherers tend to have fluid boundaries and compositions.
  • Typically, in hunter-gatherer societies, men hunt wild animals while women gather fruits, nuts, roots, and other vegetation.
  • The majority of hunter-gatherer societies are nomadic.
  • Given that hunter-gatherers tend to be nomadic, they generally cannot store surplus food.

• Preindustrial Societies: The Birth of Inequality

  • Two specific forms of pre-industrial society are hunter-gatherer societies and feudal societies.
  • A hunter-gatherer society is one in which most or all food is obtained by gathering wild plants and hunting wild animals, in contrast to agricultural societies which rely mainly on domesticated species.
  • Hunter-gatherer societies tend to be very mobile, following their food sources.
  • Hunter-gatherer group membership is often based on kinship and band (or tribe) membership.
  • Only a few contemporary societies are classified as hunter-gatherers, and many supplement their foraging activity with farming or raising domesticated animals.

• Lenski's Synthesis

  • Human groups begin as hunter-gatherers, move toward pastoralism and/or horticulturalism, develop toward an agrarian society, and ultimately end up industrializing (with the potential to develop a service industry following industrialization).
  • The origins of inequality can be found in the transition from hunter/gatherer societies to horticultural/pastoralist societies.
  • In hunter/gather societies (around 50,000 B.C.), small groups of people gathered what they could find, hunted, and fished.
  • Food gathering and food production were the focus of work.
  • Nearly all societies have become industrialized to varying extents, but a few continue to function based on hunting and gathering.

• Societal Development

  • The hunter-gatherer way of life is based on the exploitation of wild plants and animals.
  • Consequently, hunter-gatherers are relatively mobile, and groups of hunter-gatherers have fluid boundaries and composition.
  • The majority of hunter-gatherer societies are nomadic.
  • Examples of hunter-gatherer groups still in existence include:
  • The line between agricultural and hunter-gatherer societies is not clear cut.

• The Conflict Perspective

  • While certain gender roles may have been appropriate in a hunter-gatherer society, conflict theorists argue that the only reason these roles persist is because the dominant group naturally works to maintain their power and status.

• Social class in America

  • The origins of inequality can be found in the transition from hunter/gatherer societies to horticultural/pastoralist societies.
  • Here, it might be useful to describe a few characteristics of these societies.In hunter/gather societies, (around 50,000 B.C.), small groups of people gathered what they could find and they also hunted and fished.
  • Food gathering and food production was the focus of work.
  • But in less developed economies - like hunter-gatherer or pastoralist - the transmission of wealth is far more difficult as it involves the physical transferring of goods.

• Participatory Democracy

  • An initiative or proposition is begun by a group of interested citizens who gather support for a measure they would like to put to a popular vote.
  • Usually, they must gather a certain number of signatures to show that the initiative has enough support to give it a chance in an election.
  • If they gather enough signatures, the initiative will appear on a ballot and be put to a popular vote.
  • It is believed to have been a common practice of undeveloped people and hunter-gatherer tribes.

• The Decline of the Traditional Family

  • Pairing off into formal or informal marital relationships originated in hunter-gatherer groups to forge networks of cooperation beyond the immediate family.

• The Earliest Cities

  • The advent of farming encouraged hunter-gatherers to abandon nomadic lifestyles and settle near others who lived by agricultural production.

• Postponing Job Hunting

  • The job hunter typically first looks for job vacancies or employment opportunities.
  • Job recruiters and decision makers are increasingly using online social networking sites to gather information about job applicants, according to a mid-2011 Jobvite survey of 800 employers in the U.S.
  • Job seekers need to begin to pay more attention to what employers and recruiters find when they do their pre-interview information gathering about applicants, according to this 2010 study by Microsoft, "Online Reputation in a Connected World."