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Gray, Peter – American Journal of Play, 2009
The author offers the thesis that hunter-gatherers promoted, through cultural means, the playful side of their human nature and this made possible their egalitarian, nonautocratic, intensely cooperative ways of living. Hunter-gatherer bands, with their fluid membership, are likened to social-play groups, which people could freely join or leave.…
Descriptors: Play, Cultural Influences, Child Development, Skill Development