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Newguest Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Considerable antiquity

Hi



This egalitarian approach seems to be universal for foragers who live in small bands

that remain nomadic, suggesting considerable antiquity for political egalitarianism

Does the part in bold mean that political egalitarianism is very very old???
  

Top answer

Hi, Yes. I like your wording better. Clive

  • Hi, Yes.
  • I like your wording better.
  • Clive
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6 Answers
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Hi,

Yes.

I like your wording better.Emotion: smile

Clive
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Hi

thanks for the answer Clive.

I also have a problem with understanding the sentence below:



In other words, early human beings seem to have been completely free of

the social suffering which has made the lives of so many millions of human beings

a misery in more recent times. Although the fact that contemporary huntergatherers
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Hi,



--- I'm not sure about the last sentence. The words "suggests this" make it difficult for me to understand it.

This refers to early human beings seem to have been completely free of

the social suffering which has made the lives of so many millions of human beings

a misery in more recent times
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Hi

Although the fact that contemporary huntergatherers

appear to be content suggests this, it’s obviously impossible to say for

certain whether their ancient counterparts were free of our psychological suffering

too.

So it says that contemporary hunter gatherers seem to be happy people and the reason probably i
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Hi,

In other words, early human beings seem to have been completely free of

the social suffering which has made the lives of so many millions of human beings

a misery in more recent times. Although the fact that contemporary huntergatherers





appear




to be content suggests this, it’s obviously im

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