At 21:57 1999-10-30 -0400, Ilya wrote: >This is a rather big stretch. Consider wolves - no technology, social >animal. Definitely had a VERY well developed hierarchy without even >a hint of food processing technology. Your assumptions work only if >everybody hunts or gathers in solitude and away from other members of >the tribe. The socialities of Wolves and humans are very different. It is well known in anthropology that pure hunter/gatherers live in equality, and in have lots of habits to maintain this. - Hans