we are all descended from hunter-gatherers?

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CianMcLiam C
CianMcLiam Nov 11, 2005 18:43:26
Replying to bridgit

...why so many 'westerners' are shopaholics! Bargain hunting and useless crap gathering. Maybe might also explain the inexplicable rebound of animal fur in fashion every few years. Hasn't the 'all innovations are due to movement of people' theory been undermined for years now?

P PeterH
PeterH Nov 11, 2005 19:18:57
Replying to CianMcLiam

Yes the mass movement/invasion stuff is largely debunked old hat and yes our obsession with shopping/stamp collecting/train numbers et al is a hunter-gatherer trait we just can't shake off.

B BuckyE
BuckyE Nov 13, 2005 23:42:17
Replying to CianMcLiam

Not at all. Let's distinguish between shopping and hoarding. Chasing around the High Street shops looking for just that perfect...whatever, would be a Paleolithic trait. Hoarding and collecting are definitely NEOlithic traits, not paleolithic ones.