[Psycho_Bunny]

"Did our Neolithic ancestors turn to agriculture so that they could be sure of a tipple? "

Far, far, far, far more unlikely, than likely.

[rdl6989]

"Did our Neolithic ancestors turn to agriculture so that they could be sure of a tipple? " Far, far, far, far more unlikely, than likely.

Agreed.

[willyd]

more bs from anthropologists...humans most likely first observed the effects of alcohol from fruit in much the same way that elephants and baboons did...by eating it late in the season when all the fruit was on the ground.

You can see how distilling alcohol could have come about from someone leaving stored fruit in a container for too long and then gradually refining the process.

I think Maslow would have to disagree with the store fruit for alcohol first and then realize you can eat it later theory.