Context: Hunting-gathering was the common human mode of subsistence throughout the Paleolithic, but the observation of current-day hunters and gatherers does not necessarily reflect Paleolithic societies; the hunter-gatherer cultures examined today have had much contact with modern civilization and do not represent "pristine" conditions found in uncontacted peoples.

Question: How do modern hunters and gathers differ from early ones?
Answer: contact with modern civilization

Question: What type of conditions are not present in modern societies?
Answer: pristine

Question: Where do you find groups that represent pristine conditions?
Answer: in uncontacted peoples

Question: What do modern hunter-gatherers not reflect?
Answer: Paleolithic societies

Question: Hunting-gathering was the uncommon human mode of subsistence throughout what?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Hunter-gatherer cultures today represent what?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Observation of ancient hunters and gatherers does not necessarily reflect what?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Hunter-gatherer cultures examined today have almost no contact with who?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What cultures represent "pristine" conditions found in uncontacted peoples?
Answer: Unanswerable