... Homo Sapiens has been said to have been in existence for up to 200,000 years, but farming was not practiced until 10,000 years ago6, therefore the existence of the !Kung before this proves that foraging is a viable survival technique. Compared to other peoples, foragers exercise no control over their environments, and so renders a number of foragers as nomadic peoples. Therefore, although "foragers" is a very broad term, the statement that foragers must be in the right place at the right time to acquire resources efficiently is an accurate analysis of the situations of many hunter-gatherer societies. Firstly, the bushmen must arrange themselves so that the right number of people are employed to forage efficiently. This division of labour among the foraging peoples, is usually organised relating to their age and gender7, although special knowledge and skills also serve as a basis for assigning tasks8. Among many hunter-gatherer peoples, it ...

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