Would you say that early hunting and gathering societies were based more on cooperation or competition?

Cooperation. The tribes that hunted together worked as a team. Men went on trips to hunt, leaving the women with the task of collecting berries and roots. Because of the fact that there wasn't any agriculture, tribes rarely came in contact with eachother, and when they did, it was easy to find somewhere else to get food.

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