The oldest form of human social groups were families of some form, which aggregated and disaggregated with other families in search of resources. Plants and Animals. As depicted in the drawing above, Family-Level Groups subsist on foraging for natural plants and animals.
Human foragers are essentially top consumers in a food web of un-domesticated plants and animals.
Humans use shared technologies and a division of labor to produce complex foraging strategies that have made humans the most flexible foragers the world has ever seen, allowing humans to thrive in a greater variety of niches than any other animal. Storages of Natural Resources. Note especially the important role of some environmental storages. Stone is also a critical element in the production of stone tools for Family Groups. It is well known that particular types of stone are valued for their strength and flaking characteristics, and were often traded great distances.