Mnementh said:
That is right. Before the invention of agriculture the people ate meat and what fruits, berries and mushrooms they found. So mostly meat-based. They lived healthier (life expectancy was going down with agriculture at first), worked less and had no interest in owning patches of land and therefore were less fighting and war. The only upside to the invention of agriculture was, that it could support more people. So the agricultural societies outcompeted the former hunting-societies over time. |
.The reason life expectancy went down is, as far as I know, not related to dietary issues, and more related to the fact that new diseases could much more easily both spread and occur due to the domestication of animals (all of the biggest plagues in mankinds' history have arisen from diseases that jumped from animals to humans, and most again were because of domesticated animals).
EDIT: In our family, I'm pretty sure we've somewhat reduced our overall meat consumption, partially in favour of fish, and partially in favour of vegetables et. al. In general a much healthier diet. Fish is much healthier than red meat, so it's a much better choice. Doesn't work for tacos though. Maybe chicken could be used instead though... Hm...
Last edited by Teeqoz - on 23 February 2018
