The Fall From the Garden of Eden

In times of famine, it's usually the agricultural people who go and live with their hunter gathered neighbors. In areas where there was land perfect for agriculture, like in western north america, people continued to hunt and gather for ten thousand years before finally being pushed into farming. The biblical fall from the garden of eden's story is thought to be a metaphor for how the ancestors of the ancient israelites were forced out of their hunter gatherer life of relative ease and plenty.