The Wikipedia article on the Neolithic Revolution[1] says: "nutritional standards of Neolithic populations were generally inferior to that of hunter-gatherers,

The Wikipedia article on the Neolithic Revolution[1] says: "nutritional standards of Neolithic populations were generally inferior to that of hunter-gatherers, and life expectancy may in fact have been shorter, in part due to diseases. Average height, for example, went down from 5' 10" (178 cm) for men and 5' 6" (168 cm) for women to 5' 3" (165 cm) and 5' 1" (155 cm), respectively, and it took until the twentieth century for average human height to come back to the pre-Neolithic Revolution levels." The citation is to a Michael Shermer book. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic_Revolution#Consequences http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic_Revolution#Consequenc...