Changes

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.

A pre-farming economy based upon scavenging, hunting, and gathering resources. Although often disparaged by modern ethnocentric humans as primitive and brutal, recent research has shown that pre-modern, foraging societies offered a lifestyle that would be envied by many wage slaves in western countries. Very few hours per week are expended in these societies to collect the basic necessities of life, leaving the remainder of the tribe's time for playing, art, community activities, and general enjoyment of the natural world.