FOOD TECHNOLOGY

FOOD WASTE REDUCTION AND SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why do hunter/gatherer societies migrate?
A
New entertainment options
B
War
C
Follow migration of plants/animals
D
Signs from the heavens
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In search of new resources: If they stayed at one place for a long time, they would have eaten up all the plant and animal resources available at that place. In search of animals: As animals move from place to place in search of food, hunters also move to chase them for hunting.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indeed, the hunter-gatherer lifestyle required access to large areas of land, between seven and 500 square miles, to find the food they needed to survive. This made establishing long-term settlements impractical, and most hunter-gatherers were nomadic.

Detailed explanation-3: -As people started to practise agriculture more and more, it started attracting animals near their camp. They started to feed these animals and started protecting them from wild animals. This was done in order to get a continuous supply of dairy products and meat. Thus hunter-gatherers started farming and herding.

Detailed explanation-4: -More specifically, hunter-gatherers moved to their high elevation summer camp from April to May, and returned to their low elevation winter camp from September to October. Furthermore, this seasonal migration between winter and summer needed to happen within no more than 60 days every year.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hunter-gatherers were prehistoric nomadic groups that harnessed the use of fire, developed intricate knowledge of plant life and refined technology for hunting and domestic purposes as they spread from Africa to Asia, Europe and beyond.

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