Question

Why did the hunter-gatherers travel from place to place? In what ways are these similar to/different from the reasons for which we travel today?

NCERT Class 6th Social Science History - Our Past 1 Ch 2. On the trail of the Earliest People?

Answer 1

They travel from place to place because due seasonal changes and in nowadays they are many similarities that because new technology,deforestration,hunting animals for illegal things such as skin , teeth,tusk,etc.. 

Answer 2

Answer:

Hunter-gatherers travelled from place-to-place:

• In search of plant and animal resources when had exhausted at one place.

• In search of smaller prey, or, in the case of deer and wild cattle, in search of grass and leaves. Therefore, those who hunted them had to follow their movements.

• Plants and trees bear fruit in different seasons. So, people may have moved from season to season in search of different kinds of plants.

• People living on the banks of rivers and lakes which are seasonal would have had to go in search of water during the dry seasons.

• Also, People may have travelled on foot to meet their friends and relatives.

Today, we do not travel for water and food but in search of jobs to earn their livelihood. Also, we travel to interesting place, business and to meet friends and relatives.