Bands

They counted around 30 people. The size reflected how many people could live off food in region.

They constantly moved as food ran out.

Sometimes there were violent conflicts between bands.

"It is commonly assumed that the European hunter-gatherers disappeared soon after the arrival of farmers”, said Dr Ruth Bollongino, lead author of the study. “But our study shows that the descendants of the first European humans maintained their hunter-gatherer way of life, and lived in parallel with the immigrant farmers, for at least 2,000 years. The hunter-gathering way of life only died out in Central Europe around 5,000 years ago, much later than previously thought."

Because H/G's are on the move frequently insearch of wild foods, women cannot have more than one baby to carry at any one time. They need to space their children out at least four years apart. T

Complex hunter gatherers

They could create villages between 100 and 2000 persons.

Sources

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/socsci/ca/books/bkf3/reviews/pdfs/LS_6_02_01.pdf http://archaeology.about.com/od/cterms/a/Complex-Hunter-Gatherers.htm http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1310/131011-European-hunter-gatherers-and-immigrant-farmers-lived-side-by-side http://hunter-gatherers.org/facts-and-theories.html