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The First Farmers

Tides of History

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The Origins of Farming

The anthropologist Marshall Sallins summed this up by calling hunter-gatherers quote, the original affluent society. The upshot is that in terms of quality of life, farming is not an obvious improvement. This was a buffet of possibilities from which groups and individuals were free to pick and choose - it wasn't a set menu.

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