As time went on during the Paleolithic era the first farmers made life changing break throughs in agriculture: domesticating livestock and plants. Though, there was a downfall to this. Many of those now domesticated plants and animals were no longer able to survive (wildly) without the protection and care of humans. Many humans lost their gather-hunter skills. Not to mention there was a chance that all of their hard work could be destroyed due to climate, or lack of climate, leading to famine or other catastrophes. However, because of agriculture many humans were able to live longer, populations increased, and they were able to settle. At the end of the chapter a sentence really stood out to me: "All of these uses of the Paleolithic have been a way of asking, what have we lost in the mad rush to modernity, and how can we recover it?"
The story of Nissa was insightful on how people lived in the bush and how living in the bush shaped their lives. At first the story made me happy but towards the end I felt sorry for Nissa and wished I could have given her a hug.
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