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A village is a broad term with no formal meaning. Any long-term, small gathering of people with domiciles can be called a village, no...

Yes. By definition and necessity, any pre-historic story being recounted in present day has been translated into modern English. It is...

Yes, and then I should define it in imagery of their time - literal, and usually animal-based. But "stampeding herd" doesn't sound right.

Yes, about 21,500 years too modern for my story. "pre-history 20,000BCE" (p1), "Clan of the Cave Bear" (p5), "subarctic stone age"...

They're subarctic stone age children and youths. A good collective noun would be named after an animal. I found a list but none of them...

Yes, I was aware of that. I think they have more in common with a ragtag group of travelling performers than with a troop of soldiers. I...

I thought of flock, but too many religious and patriarchal overtones. A flock implies a shepherd.

Remnant is really interesting.

I.... addressed these in the OP. Those are all too modern. Think Clan of the Cave Bear. You wouldn't say "Thag returned to the cave and...

Actually, pack or herd would fit perfectly with the pre-history vibe, but pack is too predatory and herd is too ... er ... prey-atory...

I've checked thesauri and asked AI and I just cannot find the right word. This is a story set in pre-history (20,000BCE), about a group...

Well now my post just looks silly... :-p

I think our current understanding of star systems is overwhelmingly biased by our detection methods. Transit and wobble methods vastly...

I love the enthusiasm, but as others have mentioned, a space shot is not an easy task. Trying to jump straight into that is recipe for...

Thanks. This is useful. (Sorry that took so long. I don't know why this post didn't alert me. I'm auto-subscribed.)