Re: CHAT: Religion, Philosophy & Politics
| From: | Ed Heil <edh@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, May 5, 2000, 3:00 |
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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.
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> 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