Which economic system did the hunter-gatherer societies use?

Hunter-gatherer economic systems are varied and hard to generalize, and I certainly can't claim to be an expert on them. I will, however, tell what I know and recklessly conjecture what I don't. read more

Mutual exchange and sharing of resources (i.e., meat gained from hunting) are important in the economic systems of hunter-gatherer societies. Therefore, these societies can be described as based on a "gift economy". Thomas M. Kiefer (Spring 2002). "Anthropology E-20".Lecture 8 Subsistence, Ecology and Food production. Harvard University. read more

A hunter-gatherer is a human living in a society in which most or all food is obtained by foraging (collecting wild plants and pursuing wild animals), in contrast to agricultural societies, which rely mainly on domesticated species. read more