OK, the phrase about the exhausting the capacity of the land had that vibe. Because there’s literally no evidence that this is what happened. Agrarian and hunte

OK, the phrase about the exhausting the capacity of the land had that vibe. Because there’s literally no evidence that this is what happened. Agrarian and hunter-gatherer societies coexisted side by side for millennia and becoming a settled community was hardly an upgrade based on the data we have (diet, health, leisure time and longevity).