I would absolutely agree that the Paleolithic Hunter-Gatherer life would be considered easier than the settled Neolithic farmers. I believe this because as the Neolithic farmers became more smarter and used different skills and tactics that this starting giving individuals power. As with the hunter-gatherers from the Paleolithic era, these people kept their groups small and were always on the move to hunt for their meat and gather any seeds, oats, or berries that can be found. They were always migrating because this is how they survived. Although their life expectancy was not that long, approximately thirty years, the people of the Paleolithic era were protected by famine and by epidemics. According to the text's author, Farid Mahdari: "Foraging populations were usually protected from famine, since the band could move on to other areas if there was an environmental crisis. Because of both their small size relative to local food availability and their relative isolation from one another, foraging communities were also shielded from massive epidemics. They had a lot of time for leisure, but average life expectancy was short, perhaps 30 years." (Mahdari, 2012, sect. 1.2) The settled Neolithic farmers were settled in larger groups of people that were eventually made into civilizations. These people learned how to irrigate, plant, and farm. More detailed tools started being made for better hunting and farming. These people were the first to use agriculture. Two aspects about the hunter-gatherer life that seem more positive than the settled farmer life is being protected by famine and epidemics. One aspect that seems less desirable than that of the settled farmers is that the hunter-gatherers always have to be on the move to have food, as with the Neolithic settled farmers have their food readily available to them on their fields.

Often lived in seasonal hunting camps, and engaged in cooperative hunting. They hunted animals and gathered wild fruits, nuts and grains as a food source, and moved around with the changing of seasons and followed the migration of the animals they used as a food source. Hunting was done by men in many ways, including large scale coordinated hunts of large animals by using knives, spears and eventually bows and arrows. Gathering was done by women in the Paleothic era, they collected fruits, and grains by using sticks to dig and using rudimentary bags to carry what they found.

Neolithic Settled-Farmers
The first agricultural sites were most likely started by the best hunter-gatherer groups. Groups probably stayed in one location due to climates in certain areas being habitable year round, and food supply being generally plentiful. Also, probably began when people started separating certain plants and animals that were best suited for eating.

I agree that in some aspects the Hunter-Gatherers were better off than the Settled-Farmers. Hunter-Gatherer groups were usually better protected from famine because of the ability to move on quickly should there be problems with their environment. Also because of the