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Animal analogy is interesting. Any animals that cultivate crops? Are there any Human hunter/gatherer societies that scaled? Here's a snippet of dialog from one
by musesum 11y ago
Animal analogy is interesting. Any animals that cultivate crops? Are there any Human hunter/gatherer societies that scaled?
Here's a snippet of dialog from one of my favorite movies:
Jeremiah Johnson: You wouldn't happen to know what month of the year it is?
Bear Claw: Why no, I truly wouldn't. I'm sorry, pilgrim. Winter's a long time going?
Jeremiah Johnson: [exhausted] Ah.
Bear Claw: Stays long this high.
Jeremiah Johnson: March. Maybe, April.
Bear Claw: March maybe. I don't believe April. [rising to depart] March is a green muddy month down below, some folks like it, FARMERS mostly.
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Recently, a company that I worked at was acquired. Felt like like farming. So, I bailed; hunting for something new.
- joshuapants 11y ago> Are there any Human hunter/gatherer societies that scaled? I'm not aware of any, and I think that it would be impossible. You can't really achieve a lot of density with hunting and gathering because before long you've hunted and gathered everything around you at a rate beyond which those natural resources can regenerate. Thence cometh agriculture.
- jacquesm 11y ago> Any animals that cultivate crops? Yes. Some species of Ant domesticate fungii, there are crabs that cultivate bacteria and there are fish that farm Algae (damselfish).