It is thought that human groups remained small, about 30 to 100 members, organized in nomadic or semi-nomadic bands devoted to hunting and gathering.
The people in southern Ontario at this time were organized in nomadic bands, and would have migrated through the area, establishing camps then moving on.
(The last of the nomadic bands to settle in this area were the Purepecha-Tarascans.)
The Utes were never a unified group within historic times; instead, they consisted of numerous nomadic bands that maintained close associations with other neighboring groups.
Most lived in small nomadic bands along the numerous rivers of the region.
Setting out on journeys that lasted generations, they traveled and fought in nomadic bands or simply alone.
Evolutionary psychologists consider human emotions to be best adapted to the life our ancestors led in nomadic foraging bands.
And when we couldn't get on with the others in our little nomadic band, we left to find a more friendly bunch somewhere else.
Through the bulk of human evolution, humans lived in small nomadic bands practicing a hunter gatherer lifestyle.
They live in that treeless emptiness up there beyond the north range - small nomadic bands, mostly.