why do anthropologist like to use food forager groups as example of how early human might have lived?

Question

why is that..?

Answer 1

Early humans were foragers. Agriculture is a fairly recent phenomenon. Therefore, anthropologists can study extant foragers to learn about foragers in the past.

There are some pitfalls to these comparisons, though.

1) Modern foragers invariably make use of modern technology, such as metal and firearms. They are not 'isolated' from the modern world.

2) Most modern foragers have been pushed to extremely marginal environments such as harsh deserts or the frozen north. In the past, with low population densities, foragers probably lived in rich, abundant environments.

3) We can study these people to gain insights into the past, but these people are NOT in the past. Their culture, their lifestyle, and their biology are all modern.

Anthropologists are generally aware of these concerns and take them into account when studying foragers.

Answer 2

Regardless of environment all life forms require fuel in one form or another. The living body requires vitamins and nutrients to be sustained and thus is the most logical place to start.
Food foragers is nothing more then hunting sustenance for survival. While some life forms are able to physically forage for sustenance others are sedentary or fixed in place and require sustenance to approach within striking distance for survival.
Bee's collect pollen for production while anemones sift the water within their reach. This being said it is easy to see that all life forms are predators hunting sustenance from their respective environments.

Answer 3

The intellectual choice. Farming roots were the most likely
to be larger, stronger, and centered on time that does safely pass. Choices to this day of fast moving travel show clearly that
the backgone will twist under G force. God was not a force.
Anthropology is the culminated input of the encyclopedias.

Answer 4

This would be a very good example of showing how they lived, what's wrong with that?