On Wed, 19 May 1999 19:22:00 -0400, Todd Moody <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>> Optimal foraging theory pretty much rules out the use of things like grains
>> in all but the leanest of times.  In other words, the energy spent gathering
>> them delivers less of a return than an equal amount of energy spent
>> gathering or hunting other food sources.
>
>I think the theory is too simplistic in that it ignores the
>division of labor possible in a simple human society.  Children
>who are too young to hunt, for example, can gather seeds and
>grains.  During the brief period when grains can be harvested, it
>is not such a chore.

Methinks, this sounds like ..... agriculture.

Are our hunter-gatherers now agriculturists?


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Ken                         <*>
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