The transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture is not necessarily a one way process. It has been argued that hunting and gathering represents an adaptive strategy, which may still be exploited, if necessary, when environmental change causes extreme food stress for agriculturalists. In fact, it is sometimes difficult to draw a clear line between agricultural and hunter-gatherer societies, especially since the widespread adoption of agriculture and resulting cultural diffusion that has occurred in the last 10,000 years.[citation needed] This anthropological view has remained unchanged since the 1960s.[clarification needed][citation needed] COUNT 5
QSN1 What is hunting and gathering argued to be? ANS1 adaptive strategy QSN2 What situation can cause food stresses that make hunting-gathering necessary? ANS2 environmental change QSN3 What change from hunting and gathering to agriculture is not easy to mark? ANS3 transition QSN4 Besides the use of agriculture, what other factor clouds the issue of the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture? ANS4 cultural diffusion QSN5 How long has this cultural diffusion been happening? ANS5 last 10,000 years