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In the documentary Meerkat Manor, it is evident that the living and family style of the meerkats ultimately represents that they are transitioning from the hunter-gatherer family style to the agriculture family style. The Whiskers family shows actions that represent both types of families such as, living in hordes—hunter-gatherers—and living off of what they hunt which represent the agriculture family. Therefore, the meerkats represent transitioning of the hunter-gatherers to the agriculture family roles. The hunter-gatherers were the first form of family that became evident in humanity, they live by hunting, fishing and harvesting wild food. The Whiskers how characteristics of this family through living in hordes, having a women be in charge …show more content…

The final reason as to why the meerkats were representative of the hunter-gatherers is because the children in the family did nothing to provide for the family. In the Whiskers family, the children were never expected to provide the horde with anything; the children always had “babysitters” looking after them and providing things for them rather than them working for themselves. Throughout time, human’s perspectives of what a family consisted of and the roles of the family had changed into something different, known as the agriculture family group; the meerkats also represent this lifestyle. The meerkat and agriculture families are alike because they live off of what they grow/find, and the males of the group work while the mother is at home. First connection is that they live off of what they find. In the agriculture family era, the family would grow and hunt everything they may have needed throughout time, the Whiskers demonstrate the same skill by building all habitats and hunting all their

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