A settled lifestyle was more superior to the hunter-gatherer lifestyle in early societies because they had a lot of food,women were able to have many kids, and they were able to have many different things due to having a settled life. “The birth interval for higher birth of food producers is around two years, half that of hunter- gatherers. That higher birth rate of food producers, together with their ability to feed more people per acre” (89). This quote shows that having a settled lifestyle is better than being a hunter-gatherer because you are able to produce a lot of plants like potatoes and carrots and have animals reproducing can also get you different things like milk and meat. This also means that the population can grow at a higher
