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[–] superkret@feddit.org 44 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Farming fed more people.
More people = more warriors.
So the hunter-gatherers were conquered by the farmers.
Farming was the nuclear bomb of the bronze age.
Either you had it, or you were ruled by those who did.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I suggest you read The Dawn of Everything by Graeber and Wengrow. Suffice to say, the actual history of the invention of farming was anything but this nuclear explosion type event. This model was created as a hypothetical, scholars trying to imagine how it actually happened. The real archaeological and ethnographic record paints a very, very different picture.

https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2022/07/13/book-review-the-dawn-of-everything-a-new-history-of-humanity/

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not Bronze Age, late Neolithic age.

And then they killed 95% of men.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago

Depends on the area, really.