For 97% of human history, nomadic hunter-gatherer tribes roamed around foraging. They didn't live in villages. This is mainstream anthropology, dude. I think you need to read a book.

I recommend The Dawn of Everything as a good place to start.

Edit: “The site has been dated to approximately 23,000 years ago, making it one of the oldest hunter-gatherer settlements in the world.”

The Origin Of Man: 10 Earliest Human Settlements Around The World You Need To Visit

And I don’t have a “positive view” — I have an educated view of early human history.