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by Autism Knows is finally Maestro on May 7th, 2009
Prostitution.
by ChrisDC on May 29th, 2009
Either hunter or gatherer, depending on how our original ancestors fell on the carnivore-omnivore-herbivore scale.
by dead leaves raked in a pile on May 7th, 2009
The standard answer is prostitute... even primates are likely to give out more readily in response to gifts
by Nrthn1 on May 31st, 2009
I would say, prostitution would have to be.
by bandit lets go jets on May 29th, 2009
prostitute and carpenter
by Jadey - Vive la difference on May 29th, 2009
I know you always hear that it is prostitution, but that isn't really a profession. I think banking is the oldest profession, strangely enough.
by Chubbychaser84 on May 29th, 2009
There was not many but maybe slightly more choice than there is during the economic recession!
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by Lion Heart sleeps on May 8th, 2009
hunting
by Usama on August 17th, 2009
Merchant. profession is described as "Anyway in which you earn money to live" and money wasn't even used, it was around 5000 BC that metal objects were used as money. In the old time people farmed and hunted to make food to eat but then merchants from Mesopotamia started to buy food from the farmers and setup markets to sell it so people who cannot grow or hunt their food they were able to get their food. So technically the oldest profession in the world is the profession of trade.
by tonsofun on May 31st, 2009
Parenting
by Rabbits on May 31st, 2009
Prostitute maybe, but if you can classify "Guy who beats/kills other guys and takes their stuff" as a profession (Mugger?) then maybe that. Gotta be one of the two.
by PrairieWind on May 29th, 2009
Food Production
by Don Gorgeous George on May 31st, 2009
Pimping
by Cruiser on December 6th, 2009
Loan shark
by -NUNYA-- on May 29th, 2009
Rancher/Farmer??? +5
by L. Taylor on December 6th, 2009
Farmer or Shepherd.
by jin jang on May 7th, 2009
Professional apple eater. Adam was the first employed to do something.
by Fiddle Playing Creole Bastard on December 6th, 2009
Everyone keeps repeating the old adage and saying prostitution, but I have to disagree.
I think soldiering is the oldest profession.
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Actually, prostitution is the second oldest because you gotta have something to pay with. Farmer is the oldest, traditionally. As soon as there was wealth, then there were people using their first "dollar" to buy sex, see?
by PaulD1600 on August 1st, 2009
And there had to be an egg to hatch to produce that first chicken :D
by MarthaStewart on August 17th, 2009
I tried lol thanks!
by Autism Knows is finally Maestro on November 23rd, 2009
lol...Thanks
by luscious on December 2nd, 2009