Paul,
Back in 2009 you wrote:
"Agriculture started about 10,000 years ago. I've heard from several sources now that when we dig up a bunch of human fossils, if the folks died young and puny with messed up teeth, that is in agricultural society. If the folks died really old and tall with nice teeth, that's a hunter/gatherer society.
Spencer Wells, Geneticist, anthropologist, and all around pretty brilliant guy wrote a book about the unintended consequences of our agricultural revolution 10,000 years ago. It's called
Pandora’s Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization. In it he talks about, among other interesting things, how our diet and our genes have changed through the last 10,000 years. He contends that our diet and lifestyles have taken a negative turn since that advent of agriculture and animal domestication, while diseases became more prevalent.
He gives a good talk here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZe4B3nfPJM . Despite not being able to see the slide show he does a good job explaining his premise. It's worth watching the whole thing but the first 13 minutes or so is mostly intro if you'd rather skip it.
Hopefully this post comes through alright. It's my first contribution to the forums.
Regards,
Kalvin (NorthernFall)
