On an aside note, for most of the population, that "civilization" thing didn't necessarily work out so great till fairly recently. When settled societies first began, we went from having high protein diets and an incredible amount of mobility and free time (hunter/gatherers) to a life of subsistence agriculture featuring meagre rations and ceaseless stoop labor.
I wonder if anyone has theorized about the legend of the loss of the "Garden of Eden" being somehow rooted in that fateful switch??
Yes, but at least with agriculture, an ancient Mesopotamian farmer could come home to his double-wide hut and relax with a nice jar of beer!