#RA-2870Read AloudCore & AcademicEasy
Hunter-gatherer
Official Question Material
Prep: 30-40 Seconds
The life of a hunter gatherer is indeed, as Thomas Hobbes said of the state of nature, 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'. In some respects, to be sure, wandering through the jungle bagging monkeys may be preferable to the hard slog of subsistence agriculture.
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Scored Enabling Skills
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Timing Standard
Response Window: 35-40 Seconds
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