A little something for the agriphiles and the agriphobes.
1 posted on
06/15/2011 7:13:03 AM PDT by
decimon
To: neverdem; DvdMom; grey_whiskers; Ladysmith; Roos_Girl; Silentgypsy; conservative cat; ...
2 posted on
06/15/2011 7:15:01 AM PDT by
decimon
To: decimon
Most of the world's populations totally dependent on Northern seafood have short stature ~ which is believed to be an adaptation to cold weather. Shorter arms and legs increase the relative size of the torso and improve heat retention.
3 posted on
06/15/2011 7:16:14 AM PDT by
muawiyah
To: decimon
4 posted on
06/15/2011 7:28:22 AM PDT by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: decimon
Or maybe the weak and infirm stopped STARVING?
5 posted on
06/15/2011 7:41:54 AM PDT by
SJSAMPLE
To: decimon
Domestication of animals certainly did result in new diseases. We started catching diseases that the animals had, like TB and anthrax.
6 posted on
06/15/2011 7:43:41 AM PDT by
RadiationRomeo
(Step into my mind and glimpse the madness that is me)
To: decimon
The most important effect of agriculture was that it supported much denser populations, 10x to 50x per square mile.
This meant that a food-growing tribe would defeat a hunting and gathering tribe just about every time, even if the individual hunters were on average bigger, stronger and probably better with their weapons.
To: decimon
Moral: Eat more meat - humans need meat, it made us the creatures we are.
23 posted on
06/20/2011 3:13:31 AM PDT by
ZULU
(Lindsey Graham is a nanometrical pustule of pusillanimous putrescence)
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