Just a note, as I came through one study on Tanzania hunters which describes that a man prefers a group of poor hunters, if he is alone (not maried) as it provides him opportunity to show off his hunting skills. He can be a stand out hunter in the company of poor ones. This prestige issue can help him get better chances of getting a desired female. If a man is married and have a responsibility of a family, then he will prefer a group of good hunters so that food availability is secured. For females, its always a group of good hunters as a choice as this secures the food availability for them as well for their children.
Farming here, must have played a role as a first preference from females. Farming make food availability more constant and secured than hunting. Even a company of good hunters can't provide a constant availability of food whereas farming is much better as it removes the sharp differentiation between skill level. For man having responsibility of a family, farming provides a better option as even without great skill he can make sure that food is available for his family. Also, it helps to save his pride as there is less competition. For poor hunters and females, farming must have been a very good alternative.
Hunting also requires extreme physical fitness which degrades with age progression. So, as a hunter grows old, food become scarce. It also forces him to look for other alternatives for food which are less demanding physically. Thus, it was a surity that as population grew, farming turned out to be much better option and subsequently, only solution for early societies.
Farming here, must have played a role as a first preference from females. Farming make food availability more constant and secured than hunting. Even a company of good hunters can't provide a constant availability of food whereas farming is much better as it removes the sharp differentiation between skill level. For man having responsibility of a family, farming provides a better option as even without great skill he can make sure that food is available for his family. Also, it helps to save his pride as there is less competition. For poor hunters and females, farming must have been a very good alternative.
Hunting also requires extreme physical fitness which degrades with age progression. So, as a hunter grows old, food become scarce. It also forces him to look for other alternatives for food which are less demanding physically. Thus, it was a surity that as population grew, farming turned out to be much better option and subsequently, only solution for early societies.
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