The Triumph of Food Production over Hunting and Gathering

"In this (feeding) environment, the main sacrifice of children is that it is difficult for women to give birth to two or more children simultaneously, so I think that they are willing to give birth for at least 4 years ". With the children, and because they live in one place, they can have children at a higher rate. I will return to Maslow's needs hierarchy and describe the first set of requirements. Although they may be satisfied in both types of society, it turns out they are easily maintained in the food production society.

The main food production form of hunting and gathering society is daily collection of wild plants and hunting of wildlife. Hunter - The collector keeps looking for food. Therefore, they do not establish a permanent village or create various relics. The need for liquidity limits the scale of hunting and gatherings as well. These associations usually consist of 60 people or less, almost 100 people or more. The positions within the group are relatively equal, reaching a general agreement. Families are major social units, and most members of society are connected by birth or marriage. In this type of organization, families need to carry out most social functions including production and education.

Compared to post industrial society, individuals seeking and gathering society consume a lot of time, energy and thinking to gather and find food. As most of these societies today live in marginal areas with poor resources, the lives of hunters and collectors are likely to survive. For example, in the Arctic circle where Inuit people live, the elements of nature may become harsh. In the society after the Industrial Revolution, food is easily obtained, so you can concentrate more on other interests. Life expectancy is also low compared to society after industrialization. In hunting and gathering society, technology is minimal and this also entails the need to spend time and energy to find food. Medical technology is also primitive for hunters and collectors. For example, if me or a person I keep develops appendicitis, it is easy to treat in society after industry, death is rare.

The development of food production further improved the tool. The Paleolithic age food production process was simple, including meetings, hunting and fishery. If it turns out to be inadequate to maintain the community with these methods, it will shift to a better hunting ground or death. In the Neolithic Revolution, a new food production technology was designed to meet the needs of agriculture and livestock industry. Digging a wooden stick and the first batch of plow of the first stone, a stone trowel, grinding the grain through friction between the two stones, and the most used to maintain groundwatering and fertile irrigation All complex irrigation techniques are in the Egyptian subtropical valley. Three thousand years ago 3000 years ago well established in Mesopotamia