How does an environment affect a culture in a tropical rainforest?

Question

i am doing a 3 page compare and contrast essay on this question so plz help me

Answer 1

Well, the thing I notice about rainforest cultures is that they lack beasts of burden. I would guess that animals of the rainforest are not only unsuitable for this but it's too difficult to transgress forest on a horse ect. This places huge limits on these cultures because everything needs to be man powered.

There's an abundance of organic materials. Shelters, tools and weapons can be knocked up quite speedily. I would say that this, combined with the free availability of water should make settlements temporary with nomadic shifts as food supply is exhausted. But please confirm this for yourself if you can.

Metals would be rare in the rain forest, they grow on deep basins of sand and clay. There's no rock to mine so no metal. Given the history of the west a lack of mechanised killing implements may not be such a bad thing.

Cereal grasses don't grow in the forest. Instead yams/tubers/sweet potato are the cereal crop, these are sewn and harvested for guaranteed supply in Polynesia and probably elsewhere.

Hunting with spears, bows and darts seems to be the traditional way of getting meat. There could be environmental factors that make keeping animals difficult.