In additioned to teageegeepea’s points, the Mbuti (who were in the original link I provided that was criticized for having no “nomadic foragers”) have villages but no farming. Women help with the hunting and men help with the kids.
They also engage in trade with nearby agricultural tribes for all kinds of stuff. And once you have stuff, you need a place to put it. And then you start to make a big deal about how it’s your stuff and not anyone else’s, and then you’re not living in the kind of egalitarian forager band that defined the evolutionary environment.
Please slow down on the resentment! Seriously, you even quoted my smiley but got defensive anyway!
I’m resentful of smilies :D (Disclaimer: this is a self-deprecating joke about my own grumpiness.)
They also engage in trade with nearby agricultural tribes for all kinds of stuff. And once you have stuff, you need a place to put it. And then you start to make a big deal about how it’s your stuff and not anyone else’s, and then you’re not living in the kind of egalitarian forager band that defined the evolutionary environment.
I’m resentful of smilies :D (Disclaimer: this is a self-deprecating joke about my own grumpiness.)