Hunter Gatherers and Agriculturalists

During the Neolithic Era, around 12,000 years ago, humans started to switch from hunting and gathering to agriculture and farming. As time passed and we moved into the Industrial Revolution through to the Anthropocene, we sort of assumed that hunter gatherer way of life is long gone. While for most people, we’re not actively hunting or gathering food, many of us are still in that mindset when it comes to work! Are you a Hunter Gatherer or an Agriculturalist? Maybe neither, but you work for one? Hunter Gatherers are always on the move to try and find their next meal. Sometimes it is big project, sometimes small. Projects come in waves and seasons, and they need to hunt and much as they can all the time, because they know there will be feast and famine times. When is the question. Being a Hunter Gatherer can be very rewarding, you spend time on your own and can pick and choose your projects at will. Agriculturalists have a more steady stream of work. They spent the time and effort to…