Ancestral Skills generalist

this is a topic that you will hear a lot about from me. I am actually working on a book of this title. there has never been a time in human history when it was normal or common for individual humans to live alone. In fact, right now in the 21st century is the most likely time for a person to be "alone". Historically most people lived in small clans, tribes, or family groups. these were usually a part of a larger cultural group. these groups would meetup regularly to celebrate and intermingle to keep the genetics broad and safe.

Moreover, Noone would be expected to be able to do everything. There were not regularly people who would do their own hunting and fishing, and foraging, and gardening or pasturing. then also tan their own hides, make their own clothes, create their own tools, build their own shelters, preserve their own food, and keep the tribes histories, etc.

The evidence that is left behind to us by our ancestors indicates that there would be people whose role it was to do a "job" flint knappers, hide tanners, Tailors, Hunters, foragers, historians, etc. I believe that living in a world more in tune with nature and evolution would encourage people to be as useful to the family as possible, as well as giving people ample freedom to pursue their own interests. So, we can assume that people would have a role to play, as well as having a working knowledge of other skills. For instance. I am primarily a leather worker, forager, and fisherman. However, I also hunt, make baskets, do pottery, I am a healer, I can build homes and shelters, I can work on cars, I can even make stone tools. This generalization of skills allows me to create a lot of my own things, and repair my own things, but I am not an expert in most of these subjects. If I need something more than basics I will go to an expert. Then I can either engage in a transaction with them to acquire their expertise, or I can work out a way for them to help me do it myself.

This generalization allows me to be somewhat self-reliant in a world that nearly forces us to support the wealthy by purchasing the things that we need. In an ideal world we would not need to know everything, but as of right now, we do not live in an ideal world. High specialization pigeonholes people into specific niches. If these niches were to go away, we would become obsolete. Having a broader sense of knowledge and experience keeps us useful and helps our brains elastic and fast.