| − | A pre-agrarian economy based upon scavenging, hunting, and gathering resources. Such life styles tend to be very high-stress and unstable{{fact}}; as such, societies that utilize that sort of [[economy]] tend to be very small and primitive. Foragers must move frequently in order to find new resources; as such, they are unable to develop the things necessary for any sort of [[civilization]]: architecture, literacy, organized religion, etc. | + | A pre-farming economy based upon scavenging, hunting, and gathering resources. Such life styles tend to be very high-stress and unstable{{fact}}. Societies this utilize that sort of [[economy]] tend to be very small and primitive. Foragers must move frequently in order to find new resources. They are unable to develop the things necessary for any sort of [[civilization]]: architecture, literacy, organized religion, etc. |