Before reaching the higher levels of maslow's hierarchy, one must

Before reaching the higher levels of Maslow's hierarchy one must satisfy the lower levels ( ie. physical, survival, and safety)

It's considered to be association or connection

During the paleolithic, hominins grouped together in small societies such as bands, and subsisted by gathering  plants  and fishing, hunting or scavenging wild  animals. the paleolithic is characterized by the use of knapped stone tools, although at the time humans also used  wood  and bone tools.