Darwin & a Theory of Affluence

[bluecuracao]

What was being inherited, in his view, was not greater intelligence — being a hunter in a foraging society requires considerably greater skill than the repetitive actions of an agricultural laborer. Rather, it was “a repertoire of skills and dispositions that were very different from those of the pre-agrarian world.”

Hmmm...

Sounds like Clark may not understand the complexity of developing agriculture (or blew it off, to be controversial). But in terms of a different (not greater) skill set and the disposition of a hunter mentality, I can see what he's getting at.