The term hunter-gatherer encompasses groups of people who do not follow the modern system of growing and cultivating groups and raising livestock, but instead lead a generally nomadic existence hunting wild prey and gathering wild fruits, nuts and berries. As a result of their nonsedentary lifestyle and often precarious existence, providing a lesser amount of time for the leisurely inquisitiveness needed to develop advanced technologies, and their simple needs, hunter gatherer tools remain relatively simple, with more emphasis on straight forward function, rarely branching into the realms of
