> Did the farmer kick the ladder for the hunter-gatherer?
looks around
Certainly seems that way.
How many tribes, peoples, and nations no longer exist because they had a less efficient means of production than their neighbors?
looks around
Certainly seems that way.
How many tribes, peoples, and nations no longer exist because they had a less efficient means of production than their neighbors?
Fun fact: hunter-gatherer lifestyles require far less work to maintain self-sufficiency than agricultural lifestyles. In fact, it wasn't until around 1900 or so that agricultural societies caught up to hunter-gatherer societies in metrics such as life expectancy and general health welfare.
Note that as population densities rise, land becomes a bottleneck for a population more than number of available hours.