What are some environmental costs and benefits of hunting and gathering?

What are some of the environmental costs and benefits of hunting and gathering?

Let’s assume we are talking about people as hunters and gatherers. If the population is small, their effect can be insignificant. However, if their population is large or concentrated, human hunting and gathering can be a disaster. For example, many of the world’s prehistoric large mammals have been killed off by human hunting. Also, the large scale gathering of fish from the oceans has vastly reduced the total number of large fish, and some are on the brink of extinction, e.g., the blue fin tuna.

One Response to “What are some environmental costs and benefits of hunting and gathering?”

1. scottsdalehigh64 Says:
   July 12th, 2010 at 5:59 am

   Let’s assume we are talking about people as hunters and gatherers. If the population is small, their effect can be insignificant. However, if their population is large or concentrated, human hunting and gathering can be a disaster. For example, many of the world’s prehistoric large mammals have been killed off by human hunting. Also, the large scale gathering of fish from the oceans has vastly reduced the total number of large fish, and some are on the brink of extinction, e.g., the blue fin tuna.
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   I am a biologist.

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