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Being a farmer meant that you had more surpluses. So you can live with more people. Therefore you are safer and have more free time. Having more free time meant that people could specialize and do the jobs that they want to do. Farmers also did not have to move as often and so they could have permanent homes and structures.

Hunter and gatherers had to move often to find food. They had less free time and had a harder job getting food.

As you can see the farming lifestyle was easier then the hunter and gatherer lifestyle.

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Why do hunter gatherers move around often?

They had to move around from place to place because they had no control over nature. They did not know anything about farming and agriculture. They hunted animals and ate their meat. They always followed their food.


Why did hunters and gatherers move around so much?

Hunters and gatherers moved around to follow the availability of food sources, such as animal herds and seasonal plant growth. Moving allowed them to access fresh resources, avoid overexploiting their environment, and adapt to changing conditions, such as climate or competition with other groups.


What was bad about being a hunter gatherer?

Some of the challenges and drawbacks of being a hunter-gatherer include: Insecurity of food supply: Hunter-gatherers relied on the unpredictability of hunting and gathering, which at times resulted in periods of hunger and food scarcity. Nomadic lifestyle: Hunter-gatherer groups were often mobile, following animal herds and seasonal resources. This required constant movement and limited the establishment of permanent settlements. Lack of technological advancements: Without advanced tools and technology, tasks such as farming, building permanent structures, and food preservation were difficult or impossible to accomplish, imposing limitations on their quality of life.


Why did hunter-gatherers travel from place to place?

The hunter-gatherers travelled from place to place in search of food. As the animals were continuously on the move,they had to keep pace with them.The same was case with fruits as only some fruits grew at some places and their non-avaibility made them travel.Hunter gatherers primarily moved from place to place in search of food or water.When they had eaten the available food in one place they would need to move on further to find more to eat. They would also follow herds of animals that they might be able to hunt.Water would have been very important for them to drink, so if their local water supply dried up they would have needed to travel to find another source.Sometimes they also moved from place to place because of the different seasonal weather conditions.


Why were the humans of the Paleolithic era nomatic?

You mean nomadic. Nomads have no fixed abodes. They search for food, plant or animal, by following the seasonal abundance of edible plants and the movement of herds of wild animals. The Plains Indians of North America were largely nomadic, although the areas they roamed had limits. On the other hand Paleolithic people, although hunters and gatherers of nuts and berries, lived in fixed sites as shown by archeological finds in caves that must have been occupied by them for consecutive centuries.

Related Questions

How would early hunter gatherers hunt there pray?

They followed the herds and picked out an animal to kill.


small bands of people who moved around In search of animal herds were called *blank* gathers?

Hunter Gatherers


What caused people to move north into the areas uncovered by ice sheets?

Animal herds moved north, and hunter-gatherers followed.


What caused people to move north into areas uncovered by ice sheets?

Animal herds moved north, and hunter-gatherers followed.


How were the sumerian city different than the neolithic towns?

Neolithic people didn'the have "towns". They were hunter gatherers and didn't stay in one place, but followed the herds for food. There is no comparison to be made.


At the end of the last ice age as glaciers retreated in northern Europe what caused people to move north into the areas uncovered by the ice sheets?

A. Animal herds moved north, and hunter-gatherers followed.


What did farmers grow in the 1600's?

vegetables and cattle herds


Why did hunters and gatherers migrate?

Constantly moving peoples are called nomadic. Early humans were hunters & gatherers -- they killed and ate wild game and gathered nuts/berries/other edible plants. They had to move with the animal herds and seasons that changed plant life. Only later did man learn to grow crops enabling settlements.


Why did hunter gatherers migrate?

so they can find more animals to eat. when the animals are unable to be found, they migrate.


Why did the firstpeople come to the Americas?

They were hunter/gathers following the herds for food.


Who are Hunters and Gatherers who followed the vast herds of buffalo and relied upon the buffalo for their survival?

Im pretty sure they are the senecas.


What is true about hunter gathers societies?

They followed herds and gathered food. They were nomadic.