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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr. Strangemonkey" data-source="post: 674651" data-attributes="member: 6533">At this level of society, things are small enough that most activities will be lead by the person who knows more about that activity and major decision will probably involve some sort of council presided over by whichever member of the society is most profecient in rituals.When you get lots of these societies living in proximity for lengthy periods of time, as in Australia, you tend to also pick lots of rituals and ritual laws that have very pragmatic origins and heavy penalties for trangression.I don't know that fire is that great an advantage in combat at this point as even peoples that don't have fire will understand the basic principles of how fire works when it is chasing you and thus how you should avoid it.  The plains people might loose their camp, but I think they are unlikely to take heavy casualties from the incident.Higher ground is a distinct advantage, but only when you can control it.  I think the better intelligence capabilities and understanding of mobility that the plains tribe possesses largely negates this advantage, as long as the plain's tribe isn't foolish enough to assault a cave without something like a lycanthrope up front.</blockquote>