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> Did the farmer kick the ladder for the hunter-gatherer? looks around Certainly seems that way. How many tribes, peoples, and nations no longer exist becaus
by smallnamespace 7y ago
> Did the farmer kick the ladder for the hunter-gatherer?
looks around
Certainly seems that way.
How many tribes, peoples, and nations no longer exist because they had a less efficient means of production than their neighbors?
- jcranmer 7y agoWhile the answer is difficult to ascertain, anthropological comparisons between farmers and hunter-gatherers suggests that the answer is rather close to 0. Fun fact: hunter-gatherer lifestyles require far less work to maintain self-sufficiency than agricultural lifestyles. In fact, it wasn't until around 1900 or so that agricultural societies caught up to hunter-gatherer societies in metrics such as life expectancy and general health welfare.
- laurentnotsaint 7y agohttps://www.statnews.com/2017/03/17/heart-bolivian-hunter-gatherers-atherosclerosis/ https://www.statnews.com/2017/03/17/heart-bolivian-hunter-ga...
- smallnamespace 7y agoWhat happens when hunter-gatherers and farmers come into conflict over land, which the latter utilize far more efficiently (in a calories / sq km sense)? Note that as population densities rise, land becomes a bottleneck for a population more than number of available hours.