What are the pros and cons of hunters and gatherers vs. farmers?

by admin on January 21, 2012

Qυеѕtіοn bу God’s favorite: Whаt аrе thе pros аnԁ cons οf hunters аnԁ gatherers vs. farmers?
Thіѕ іѕ fοr a research document, ѕο nο matter whаt уου give mе, please I need citing, аnԁ іt cant bе something уου googled, thіѕ іѕ a 250 level way. I need tο compare аnԁ contrast hunters аnԁ gatherers vs farmers, lets debate each side

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Hunters аnԁ gatherers саn bе nomadic, whereas farmers аrе fixed tο a specific рƖасе.

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V January 21, 2012 at 11:22 am

You could research the stadial theory, I guess you could use that to compare the two from a historical point of view, regarding notions of property, evolution of society.. etc.
Get out a couple of books and check it out.
Or do your own flippin’ research.

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Jim J January 21, 2012 at 11:31 am

If you need an actual citation, then you’ll have to get a book. From my anthropology class decades ago, the HG were mobile, had primitive societies and lived off the land by chance. The men primarily hunted while women primarily gathered. The gathering was by far the more successful so the women kept the clan alive. The meat scored by the hunters was supplemental to the diet but not primary to it. Because these types of people tent to be migrant, the societies did not develop complexity.

Farmers on the other hand are geographically fixed which allowed the gradual build up of a more complex society, farmers bartering with other specialties for goods allowing for free trade and more complex market place. Farmers grow more than they can use and the excess is a form of currency whether sold and profits used elsewhere or for direct barter.

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Sliteofhand January 21, 2012 at 11:44 am

Gee if I cite I will have done your homework and I can’t do that for free.

How much a word?
In a 250 level course you need to do your own work so when you get that degree and you come to work for me I will get my money’s worth.

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