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To: Sherman Logan

Wow.. strange conclusion. So you think that the brute with the biggest stick is the one who discovered animal husbandry?


11 posted on 06/02/2011 7:23:48 PM PDT by douginthearmy
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To: douginthearmy

Nope.

I think the group that discovered animal husbandry could support a much more dense population and therefore had a military advantage over dispersed and sparse population of hunter-gatherers. Same thing with agriculture, around the same time.

IOW, he had a bigger stick because he discovered animal husbandry.


14 posted on 06/02/2011 7:33:52 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: douginthearmy

Here are some general carrying capacities for different ways of feeding a human population.

Hunter-Gatherer 0.1 person / km2
Dry Farming 1-2 person / km2
Irrigation 6-12 person / km2

These rates vary wildly by soil, weather and other factors. There are a few favored regions where hunting and gathering can support dense populations. One being the American northwest coast.

But generally the hunters are likely to be outnumbered by 10 to 100 to 1 over the long haul. You may remember this happening in the American west.


16 posted on 06/02/2011 7:47:02 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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