What's it like being hunter-gatherer?
Advantages ✓
"Physically, the Australian Aboriginal is tough. He can stand any amount of heat. exposure, or cold; and his incidence to pain is remarkably low." P. 67 Walkabout As stated in this quote, Australian Aboriginals, along with other hunter-gatherers, are tough. They can withstand more than the average farmer.
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Hunter-gatherers practicing their arrow technique.
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What's it like being an agrarian?
Disadvantages ∅
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Advantages ✓
"City life offered considerably more permanence and security than village life." - Kevin Reilly This animation shows what would happen if a hunter-gatherer and an agrarian farmer were to meet.
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You've heard from both sides! But which one wins?
Our Opinion!Lemuel - "I think agrarian societies win! Life was hard in hunter-gatherer societies!"
Mia - "Personally, I think hunter-gatherer societies were better. They had to worry less. Mason - "Both sound very different, so I would say both are equal. Savannah - "Since we live in a society similar to the agrarians, I choose agrarian societies. |
With all the information given, it is ultimately your decision whether life in agrarian societies were better than life in hunter-gatherer.
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