--- title: "5 Gatherer Societies Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 5 Gatherer Societies quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Gatherer Societies sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/874/helen-fisher-2469_been_people-have-been-looking-for-love-potion_205353.png" --- > [People have been looking for love potions since hunter-gatherer societies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-fisher/people-have-been-looking-for-love-potions-since-hunter-gatherer/) [Helen Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-fisher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/874/helen-fisher-2469_been_people-have-been-looking-for-love-potion_205353.png) > [“After all, we know that the foraging societies in which human beings evolved were small-scale, highly egalitarian groups who shared almost everything.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-ryan/after-all-we-know-that-the-foraging-societies-in-which-human-beings/) [Christopher Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-ryan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffe/christopher-ryan-4309_community_after-all-we-know-that-the-foraging-soci_1245192.jpg) > [Notwithstanding the supposed egalitarian ethos of some hunter-gatherer societies, humans are a hierarchical social species. We care greatly about where we stand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gad-saad/notwithstanding-the-supposed-egalitarian-ethos-of-some-hunter/) [Gad Saad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gad-saad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/gad-saad-4790_community_notwithstanding-the-supposed-egalitarian_2404886.png) > [The flute is traditionally the property of the male side of matrilineal hunter-gatherer societies and was used as a means of communication…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-carlos-nakai/the-flute-is-traditionally-the-property-of-the-male-side-of/) R. Carlos Nakai [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33f/r-carlos-nakai-86797_communication_the-flute-is-traditionally-the-property_2426170.jpg) > [What do women do when they get together? We sit around and talk! Men, not so much. My theory is that this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenna-mccarthy/what-do-women-do-when-they-get-together-we-sit-around-and-talk-men/) [Jenna McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenna-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/jenna-mccarthy-30648_around_what-do-women-do-when-they-get-together_2494066.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gatherer-societies/#itemlist", "name": "Gatherer Societies Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People have been looking for love potions since hunter-gatherer societies.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Helen Fisher" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-fisher/people-have-been-looking-for-love-potions-since-hunter-gatherer/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/874/helen-fisher-2469_been_people-have-been-looking-for-love-potion_205353.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/874/helen-fisher-2469_been_people-have-been-looking-for-love-potion_205353.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/874/helen-fisher-2469_been_people-have-been-looking-for-love-potion_205353.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People have been looking for love potions since hunter-gatherer societies.” — Helen Fisher", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“After all, we know that the foraging societies in which human beings evolved were small-scale, highly egalitarian groups who shared almost everything. There is a remarkable consistency to how immediate return foragers live—wherever they are.* The !Kung San of Botswana have a great deal in common with Aboriginal people living in outback Australia and tribes in remote pockets of the Amazon rainforest. Anthropologists have demonstrated time and again that immediate-return hunter-gatherer societies are nearly universal in their fierce egalitarianism. Sharing is not just encouraged; it’s mandatory. 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