Q: Is Prostitution The Oldest Profession?

[Zim Hosein]

Well, anyone know?

 

[Heisenberg]

That or farming...

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
That or farming...

:thumbsup:

 

[yoda291]

Originally posted by: Supercharged

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
That or farming...

:thumbsup:

wouldn't hunting precede farming? People used to be nomads you know.

 

[Isshinryu]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
That or farming...

Or hunting/gathering...

 

[Chronoshock]

Depends on how you define profession. The first "professions" occured after the discovery of domestication of animals and agriculture so that people could settle down. Then with surplus grain production, people could devote themselves to other "professions" aside from farming. So if you discount farming I'd say craftmaking

 

[Anubis]

yes

 

[NFS4]

I'm gonna go with "Getinthecaveandmakemesomegrilledmastodonbitch" as the oldest profession

 

[Ameesh]

it is accepted as the oldest profession, yes.

 

[Isshinryu]

Originally posted by: Chronoshock
Depends on how you define profession. The first "professions" occured after the discovery of domestication of animals and agriculture so that people could settle down. Then with surplus grain production, people could devote themselves to other "professions" aside from farming. So if you discount farming I'd say craftmaking

There were villages before the domestication of animals. Catal Huyuk comes to mind. They traded obsidian for animals which they killed for food and clothing. They then begin that process of domesticating the tamest ones they recieved from traded. So you could say traders were the first "profession."

 

[silverpig]

Well I'd consider it a profession if someone pays you to do it. So it'd have to come after the invention of a currency which was first used in Mesopotamia if I remember my history stuff correctly. And again, IIRC, they had currency to keep track of farming goods (I'll give you 7 credits for a sack of spuds... then you take the 7 credits over to the pig guy to buy some bacon for a sammich). So I'd have to say farming.

 

[AFB]

Trade or Agriculture

 

[SunnyD]

Evangelism is.

 

[Schadenfroh]

smashing your neighbors head on a rock and taking his food and women is.

 

[nageov3t]

hunter, probably followed by thief and prostitute.

farmers couldn't exist as a profession until governments were already established to subsidize them (I kid, I kid )

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
That or farming...

Prostitution. Early caveman had to go out and find some rabbits or squirrels so he could come back to the cave and get some from the old lady. Same thing as prostitution IMHO.

 

[Cogman]

couldnt have been, man had to get old enough to get to the age to want sex before it could be a profession. To get there requires food which comes from hunting and such.

 

[CVSiN]

Um wouldnt PIMP.. have come first?
I mean how else did the first prostitute come around..
some pimp said Biatch go make me some money!
and dont come back till you got 100 gold!

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Well, anyone know?

I think it was Real Estate.

 

[ggnl]

Is wax intellectualizing a profession? (is intellectualizing even a word?)

 

[Mucho]

That or hunting/gathering.

 

It is "accepted" as so.

Agriculture and hunting/gathering did not start out as a trade of goods for currency.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Isshinryu

Originally posted by: Chronoshock
Depends on how you define profession. The first "professions" occured after the discovery of domestication of animals and agriculture so that people could settle down. Then with surplus grain production, people could devote themselves to other "professions" aside from farming. So if you discount farming I'd say craftmaking

There were villages before the domestication of animals. Catal Huyuk comes to mind. They traded obsidian for animals which they killed for food and clothing. They then begin that process of domesticating the tamest ones they recieved from traded. So you could say traders were the first "profession."

Where were they buying these non-domesticated animals from? Were they contracting people to trap them or something?

 

[PanzerIV]

Originally posted by: CVSiN
Um wouldnt PIMP.. have come first?
I mean how else did the first prostitute come around..
some pimp said Biatch go make me some money!
and dont come back till you got 100 gold!

LMAO! You really got me with that last line! We've been playing too many RTS games....

 

[GasX]

History in the making:

Grog hungry. Grog no have food. Grog hunt. Grog kill. Grog eat his fill. Grog have food left over.

Nug no have food. Nug have boobies. Nug soon have all the food.

Grog hungry...