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Food for thought: Why did we ever start farming? | Woodland indians, Early humans, Human evolution tree

The reason that humans shifted away from hunting and gathering, and to agriculture -- a much more labour-intensive process -- has always been a riddle. It is only more confusing because the shift happened independently in about a dozen areas across the globe. Woodland Indians first developed farming in Tennessee. Painting by Carlyle Urello [Credit: Tennessee State Museum] "A lot of evidence suggests domestication and agriculture doesn't make much sense," says Elic Weitzel, a Ph.D. student in…

Women have been skillful, purposeful hunters in most foraging societies | Arrow silhouette, Sagittarius tattoo designs, Archery

More research shows that past and present women in foraging societies are way more than just gatherers and mothers. Deposit PhotosGender roles in hunting and gathering aren't as strict as we were led to believe. The post Women have been skillful, purposeful hunters in most foraging societies appeared first on Popular Science.

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“The find suggests that pre-historic peoples used violence to secure resources and land – not unlike their modern-day descendants.” THE BODIES OF 27 stone-age humans, recently unearthed in northern Kenya, are offering science new insights into...

hunting and gathering culture | anthropology | Britannica.com | Northwest territories, Mackenzie river, North west

Hunter-gatherer, any person who depends primarily on wild foods for subsistence. Until about 12,000 to 11,000 years ago, when agriculture and animal domestication emerged in southwest Asia and in Mesoamerica, all peoples were hunter-gatherers. Learn more about hunter-gatherers in this article.

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