River People

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Bonobo/Human: Slight sexual dimorphism: females 3', 85lbs; males 3'6", 100lbs

  • Hunter-gatherer bands based around matriarchal family, mother and sons central, meet regularly, no mating, social sex, omnivorous.
  • Tribal villages based around matriarchal clans, practice all sorts of agriculture, herding, and fishing, settlements around the river.
  • Chiefdoms based around hereditary matriarch, tribute and luxury goods, religion justifies nobility, centralized justice and ownership.
  • Single chiefdom based around high matriarch, division of labor and public architecture, bureaucracy, paramount village.

Social structure:

  • Commoners (divided by tribes)
  • Nobles (Matriarch's family, attached to a settlement)
  • Royalty (High Matriarch's family)
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