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Were early hunter-gatherers monogamous?
It looks like there's no direct evidence from any pre-Neolithic culture about their sexual or marital arrangements. However, the proxy evidence is a bit more extensive:
In a comparative study of 190 ...
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Were hunter-gatherers peaceful egalitarians?
To expand on my comment, the 'egalitarian' part of the question has been mostly dealt with on hist.SE, and the answer depends on your definition of egalitarian as well as the hunter-gatherers involved....
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