Hunters Gatherers Research Paper

Hunters-gatherers were nomadic people who survived by hunting and gathering their food. They were nomadic because they traveled from one place to another to find food. Their shelters were made out of stone, animal skin, bone, grass, wood, mud, and they had to be mobile. This lifestyle is very different than the way people live today in the modern era. We aren’t nomadic people at all. Our houses are not mobile, and they are made of materials like brick, glass, and wood. Furthermore, we don’t have to move from place to place in order to find food.

The foods that the hunters -gatherers ate had to be foraged or hunted. These foods are not much different than what we eat today, these foods are plants, berries, vegetables, nuts, meats, roots, fruits and fish. However, one of the biggest differences between modern era, and the hunter–gatherer period is the process of how we get the foods we eat. The convenience of foods such as, fast food, and processed foods that are sold in grocery stores and restaurants, have eliminated the need to hunt and forage and move from place to place.

Clothing that we wear today includes some of those same materials but, just like food, the process of making our clothing has evolved. We still use animal skin and fur, as well as plants like cotton and hemp to name a few. However, we use and find these materials in different ways. Technology and trade opens up access to different types of materials from all over the