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Re: CHAT: Religion, Philosophy & Politics

From:Ed Heil <edh@...>
Date:Friday, May 5, 2000, 3:00
On Thu, May 04, 2000 at 10:52:43PM -0400, Nik Taylor wrote:
> "Carlos Eugenio Thompson (EDC)" wrote: > > I would believe that for a family or a small village, hunter-gatherers will > > use less land than primitive farming. > > Per person, agriculture, even the most primitive agriculture, uses less > land than hunting and gathering. That's why agriculture developed, and > why once agriculture was developed, they couldn't go back.
Even though it might have been rather nice to go back, since looking at existing hunter/gatherer tribes, they seem to lead a much easier life than primitive agriculturalists or, in fact, us. Ed