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Quote by: tman_ndsu08 Weasel, it wasn't a choice.
Agriculture allows way more people to live way longer with far fewer risks.
Think of it from an evolutionary point of view. Those who posessed agriculture genes would've had a many times greater chance of surviving to pass those genes on versus those with hunter genes. |
Although those who have taken the agricultural route have become more sickly and weak as individuals, as opposed to the hunter gatherers. I think of it like natures catch-22, it lets more of us live and permenent settling encourages further science, but the tradeoff is that we become poorer specimens of humanity. As we are seeing, fertility is decreasing, and in time our species will go into decline. I don't think it's something to worry about though, just accept it and try to deal with as best you can for your family. In other words, YOU try and as healthy as you can, pick a partner as healthy as you can and pass off such values to your children. At least your genes will stand a chance of continuing.