The Malagans During The Neolithic Era

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During the Neolithic era, the Malagans were similar to their relatives from mainland Africa. They also developed their own means of cultivation due to nearly total isolation. The Malagans were hunter and gatherer foragers in the beginning of their evolution, but in the Neolithic era they began to domesticate the wild vegetation around them. The society of the Malagans cannot be defined at a city-state, or a chiefdom but rather a large tribe. They were an egalitarian society. Today the closely resemble their Neolithic ancestors. To start off, the Malagans were and still are virtually cut off from the rest of the world due to their location on Madagascar’s eastern coast. The tribe has very little but still significant long distance trade with