The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race
In particular, recent discoveries suggest that the adoption of agriculture, supposedly our most decisive step toward a better life, was in many ways a catastrophe from which we have never recovered. With agriculture came the gross social and sexual inequality, the disease and despotism, that curse our existence.
In'eresting.
One straight forward example of what paleopathologists have learned from skeletons concerns historical changes in height. Skeletons from Greece and Turkey show that the average height of hunger-gatherers toward the end of the ice ages was a generous 5’ 9" for men, 5’ 5" for women. With the adoption of agriculture, height crashed, and by 3000 B. C. had reached a low of only 5’ 3" for men, 5’ for women. By classical times heights were very slowly on the rise again, but modern Greeks and Turks have still not regained the average height of their distant ancestors.
I did not know this.
In particular, recent discoveries suggest that the adoption of agriculture, supposedly our most decisive step toward a better life, was in many ways a catastrophe from which we have never recovered.
Interesting. I have often said this, but I was just spouting off.
Plus agriculture leads to overpopulation, because you need people to tend the fields.
One for the Word Mavens, subcategory "verbing weirds language."
In a seminar this morning, a speaker said about a matter that they'd "think-tank it."
Yes, "think-tank" is now a verb.
It could be a swear-word.
Those think-tanking motherthinktankers!
In particular, recent discoveries suggest that the adoption of agriculture, supposedly our most decisive step toward a better life, was in many ways a catastrophe from which we have never recovered. With agriculture came the gross social and sexual inequality, the disease and despotism, that curse our existence.
And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans.
And walking upright was a complete fucking DISASTER.
