I also suspect that life (for the most part) wasn't constant conflict or war, either. Some individuals might have better aim with a bow or spear, while others came up with a better method for planting or a sturdier version of a water vessel. There will be stronger or smarter individuals. It's reasonable, for example, to assume that there were differing talents in any group. You're right, Wolfgang, it IS a guess, but it's supported by known history from later societies, aboriginal tribes that survive, and straightforward logic. ![]() What was the extent of medical knowledge or care? Did civilizations have a healer who would provide the sick or injured with a medicine of some kind such as specific herbs or plants? Were wounds cared for or treated? What were they treated with? In short, if you fell behind, you were left behind. Were physically smaller or weaker people given jobs that would fit into their physical capabilities, or were they pushed to the side, even banished? In that time period, the strong survived. Would the leader make the call as to adopt agriculture or pastoralism for the village? How strong of an authority would a leader have? The rights to banish people from the village? To assign jobs? Even to take wives, assuming the leader is male. Much like a herd of wild horses, people look to a strong leader to trust and make decisions for the whole herd. Were jobs determined by gender, the physically stronger or weaker, the oldest or youngest? What defined the leader or head of the group-the person at the top of the pecking order? Could it have been determined by the elder in the group? The strongest? The most experienced? ![]() Is there any way for us to know how these civilizations functioned? It is safe to make educated guesses that there was a social hierarchy and roles that were carried out by the more capable and suited for individual tasks, but how do we know for sure?Īn interesting question would be how these social hierarchies worked.
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