Specialization of labors leads towards productivity
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Answer: Hunting was probably easier. Farming was far more efficient.
In hunter gatherer societies virtually every able bodied adult is engaged in food production. In farming communities only a proportion of the population is engaged in food production, leaving the rest free to do stuff like become civilised.