I was just wondering how unskilled (using this term loosely in the context of an individual not being able to gather resources) early man survive. Prior to the first groups of humans banding together, we were hunter/gatherer nomads. I'm pretty much assuming during that time if you were unskilled in getting food for yourself, you didn't last long. When humans banded together into communities and stopped being nomadic, how did they determine who got what in terms of resources (food and water)? Did they pool their resources and divide it evenly among the group, or did they give more to the individuals or families that produced more? To that end, how did they treat individuals or families that couldn't produce resources for themselves? Were they cast out from the group, or were they supported by the group?