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There was an interesting read on HN not too long ago about the "biggest mistake" of humanity... and it was settling down and growing crops instead of hunting an
by kahawe 15y ago
There was an interesting read on HN not too long ago about the "biggest mistake" of humanity... and it was settling down and growing crops instead of hunting and gathering which allegedly made life easier but according to the article it actually made things much worse in terms of health, time invested in order not-to-starve and a big point were monocultures: humans feed on hardly any diversity which can lead to all sorts of malnourishment and they found proof of that in lots of bones from ancient civilizations after their culture had moved to farming.