But, in the absence of language, it is not a problem for the child. After weaning, the group, as a provider, is substituted for the maternal body, and the child will no longer have any immediate contact with this body . But here, as in Genesis, the act of nature is prohibited as soon as gathering is forbidden. The ritual of appropriation of food becomes very important. The educated adult will know not to consume a meal in the same manner nor to eat the same food, at home, with friends, on a pic-nic, in the dining car, at work, or at a social function.
Some precise details are necessary.
The anthropologists know, that the social life of man, his relationship with himself, with other men and with the entire universe, suppose the revocation of the act of food gathering which is an individual and spontaneous behaviour. Transformer work meant for the primordial couple, is substituted for the passive food gathering. In other words, the access to the nutritional goods no longer directly solicits the Mother, or Nature. The bodily act and the need which expresses it will be subjected to the social action, collective work and transmitted knowledge. This requires linguistic communication, therefore the formation of concepts for the production, as for the use of subsistence goods .