In life for humans there is a constant need for food to survive. For some cultures this need for food can be a great problem for them and therefore they must spend almost all their time searching for food. Depending on how one gets food this situation can be averted and finding food can no longer be as much of a problem as it once was. In the Kalahari desert of Africa there is a group of people known as the !Kung San. Some bands of this culture are presently living as humans once did in Paleolithic times. Others are going through the Neolithic revolution. Paleolithic times was 10 000 years ago. Then, humans were hunters and gatherers. Tools were crafted from objects on the ground such as bones, stones, and clay. The Neolithic time or New Stone Age was the period after 9000B.C. when people began farming. Humans learned how to grow plants and domesticate animals. The hunting and gathering way off life began to die out as people began to build permanent homes and cities. Following this a hierarchy was formed and a new society was made. Dr.Lee is an archaeologist who studied the !Kung. He found out a great deal of information about their culture from his 12 years of studies which began in 196

3. Based on the studies of Dr.Lee the Neolithic revolution was as advantageous for the !Kung as it was disadvantageous and this can be proven as the political, economic, and societal, changes in the culture contained an equal number of gains and losses.

In conclusion going through the Neolithic revolution was a change for both the best and the worst. It helped the !Kung move forward along the path in evolution yet traditions and ethics were lost along the way. The !Kung is a very unique culture, particularly in the sense that they still continue the Paleolithic life style in the twentieth century. Dr.Lee learned a lot about the Neolithic revolution by observing the !Kung first hand. The revolution had gains such as a continuos food supply and the option of mediation to settle disputes. However, it also had losses such a loss of generosity and dependence on each other. Also, it brought sexism in as a problem for society. The !Kung San had taken a brave step along the evolutionary ladder and their culture was threatened by many changes after the Neolithic revolution. Based on Dr.Lee's studies the advantages of the Neolithic revolution are equal to the number of disadvantages.

Another way of life which changed for the !Kung after the Neolithic revolution was their Economic status. In Paleolithic times the !Kung ate well. Their diet consisted of foods such as berries, nuts, roots, seeds, rabbits and antelope. The average woman would bear four to five kids in a life time. Children of all ages and both sexes would play together each day whereas in Neolithic times children were divided into the groups due to the sexual segregation. The average woman in a Neolithic society would have up to 10 children in their life. The children also became taller and fatter then they used to be. Because the food was farmed

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