Doupeng nodded thoughtfully and said: "Yes, after listening to what the ancestor said, I somewhat understood. You are saying that in ancient times, people had no selfish intentions. People who gathered into groups and tribes had certain
Things are shared together, because food will not be saved. Most of the time, everyone does not have enough to eat. Everyone also understands that only by uniting and cooperating can we survive. The group that gathers together has something to share.
For work, women with weak physical strength are responsible for making tools, giving birth to children, or engaging in safer tasks such as gathering wild fruits, while strong men have to undertake more dangerous tasks such as hunting and fishing.
Relatively speaking, more things involve fighting with humans or animals. In this case, everyone divides labor and cooperates, and works together to produce and survive. There is no distinction between high and low. Naturally, there is no need to talk about selfishness.
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The ancestor nodded: "Yes, people who are alone outside the group cannot survive and will be quickly preyed on by other beasts and even humans. Therefore, everyone can only survive as a group, and because there is no leftover food
, so there is no selfishness at all. Of course, there are still some small thoughts, such as collective hunting.
Sometimes they stay behind and put in less effort to avoid danger, or when they are picking wild fruits together, they put in less effort and are lazy when making tools. However, these small selfishness in nature do not affect the overall situation. Generally speaking,
, before the emergence of surplus food, or surplus products, human beings in general cannot be selfish."
The black robe asked: "So, when did we start to have the leftover food you mentioned? It is said that this kind of food is not enough, and the life of one meal without another meal will not end so easily."
The ancestor narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "I am not too clear about what happened in the ancient times, but from the information I know, among the humans in the ancient times, those who absorbed enough spiritual power
Human heroes or leaders have become the first batch of people who can
Gods who ascended to heaven, after becoming gods, they have great power and magic. In order to help their descendants, some gods passed on some magic to humans, such as making tools, making fire, and making sacrifices.
way to communicate with God,
The biggest magic is to allow humans to master the use of fire. With fire, humans can defeat many beasts that they could not defeat before. With fire, humans can grill the meat of animals for food, and no longer have to eat their hair and drink their blood.
, prey can no longer be stored. It can be said that the emergence and application of fire is the first time that ancient humans have the possibility of surplus food, because as long as fire is made, things that were easily rotten and spoiled in the past can still be used after a few days.
Then cook it and eat it, this is the biggest prerequisite for the appearance of leftover food."
"In addition, with the advent of fire, humans can effectively prevent sneak attacks by wild beasts at night, and can change from sleeping in trees at night to living in the ground. In this way, safety is greatly increased, and the
They slowly began to build traps and fences around the tribe, and the tribe began to become safer. Even large beasts like tigers and leopards could hardly rush in and directly eat and hurt people. Only when they lived in peace could they live happily, and the tribe's population increased rapidly.
increase from before
A small tribe of dozens of people has turned into a large camp with hundreds or hundreds of people. It has become more and more advantageous to fight wild beasts. From hunting a few large beasts rarely in the past few days to hunting a few large beasts every day.
Gradually, humans began to be able to capture some wild beasts alive, instead of killing them and eating them on the spot every day, because the ancient human ancestors knew that raising wild beasts and then killing them when needed was better than eating them to death.
The meat of wild beasts is more delicious and fragrant."
The black robe laughed: "I understand, our ancestors clearly explained the experience of human survival and development in ancient times. I have to admire our ancestors for their struggle for survival in those barbaric years.
It’s not easy. However, according to your statement, there are wild beasts that are not killed immediately after being captured, but are kept and raised for a few days for future consumption. Is this the same as human beings engaging in animal husbandry and raising various livestock?
Where’s the beginning of poultry?”
The ancestor nodded and said: "Yes, just like the earliest sources of dogs are wolves captured and raised by humans, and chickens and ducks are captured birds. As for cattle, sheep, horses, and pigs, they are also from wild animals.
After the animals were captured, they were tamed by humans over a long period of time and became domestic animals. With these domestic animals that can be raised, and the process of slowly collecting them,
Grains can be grown and harvested. The era of nomadic herding and farming has also arrived. Human beings have begun to leave the forest and come to plains and grasslands because raising livestock, especially cattle, sheep and horses, requires a large amount of pasture.
, so humans began to fight with various beasts on the grasslands, and the first thing they entered was this nomadic era."
"With more cattle, sheep, horses, and weapons made while fighting wild beasts, humans have gradually become the overlords on the grasslands and plains, causing fewer and fewer tigers and wolves to be found everywhere.
Let your tribe have more and more cattle, sheep, and horses, and then surplus food will appear. As the division of labor among the tribes becomes more and more clear, some are specialized in fighting.
Warriors and warriors also appeared, who could lead these warriors to win battles, and the strongest military leaders and tribal chiefs also emerged. This process was also the process of the patriarchal tribe replacing the matrilineal tribe. I have said this before
, and what I haven’t said is that the beginning of privatization is unstoppable after the emergence of this kind of surplus food and the differentiation within the tribe.”
Doupeng sighed and nodded: "I understand, now I completely understand that within the tribe, those men who specialize in fighting and can rob and fight are becoming more and more important, and with the remaining food, especially it can be left behind
After slaughtering the cattle and sheep, these people are no longer satisfied with sharing the food with others, especially the old, weak and incompetent people in their eyes. They will think that they contribute the most, have the greatest credit, and do the hardest and most dangerous work.
You should eat more,
From a human body perspective, the food consumption required by a strong adult man is greater than that of the elderly, children and women. Therefore, this absolute fairness will be broken, and the division of labor within the tribe will become more and more clear. In the past, perhaps hunting
At that time, women also had to go into battle, but later on, the fighting gradually let women go away. Therefore, it was inevitable and inevitable for matrilineal tribes to transform into patrilineal tribes, and what followed was the further spread of private ownership.