Mystery solved. How and why human ancestors became upright.

[Tero]

The problem with agriculture was that they got stuck on simple diets. Many times it lead to health problems. The ones that could both hunt and farm did best. So agriculture alone was not the downfall, but when you had surplus, you had time to develop all kinds of technology and also to have a growing population.

Now, how many of us can hunt, gather or farm?

[Trolldor]

The problem with agriculture was that they got stuck on simple diets. Many times it lead to health problems. The ones that could both hunt and farm did best. So agriculture alone was not the downfall, but when you had surplus, you had time to develop all kinds of technology and also to have a growing population.

Now, how many of us can hunt, gather or farm?

Yep.
Agriculture facilitated education etc. etc. etc.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

The problem with agriculture was that they got stuck on simple diets. Many times it lead to health problems. The ones that could both hunt and farm did best. So agriculture alone was not the downfall, but when you had surplus, you had time to develop all kinds of technology and also to have a growing population.

Now, how many of us can hunt, gather or farm?

Yep.
Agriculture facilitated education etc. etc. etc.

Being stationary allowed them to accumulate stuff. So that nomads could come along and take their stuff.

[Trolldor]

Until the nomads had too much stuff so they had to stop moving.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Until the nomads had too much stuff so they had to stop moving.

Yeah, greed slows you down.

[Tero]

I think I would like to do some of the hunting and gathering. Anxiety would be useful (adreanalin) and even ADD people would be normal, other than the odd spear thrown at the shy kid brother. This modern stuff is just weird.

[Clinton Huxley]

Without agriculture there would be no Rationalia. We'd all be too busy hunting wild bacons to have time to log on...

[Ronja]

*edit, a quick bit of searching shows I've stumbled across a pet theory. I'm stepping away, I'm stepping slowly away...

Thanks for the warning, I just realized there must have been a thread merge...

following your example quietly, with deliberately calm movements

[GenesForLife]

That is a really camp way of doing a facepalm...

[Ilovelucy]

So, Mr mac, have you finished reading those Ardipithecus ramidus papers yet, or is it more important to return here and call other members chickens for not wanting to respond to you any more? Have you at least stopped arguing as if you think that humans evolved from chimpanzees? That would be nice.

[mistermack]

I think I would like to do some of the hunting and gathering. Anxiety would be useful (adreanalin) and even ADD people would be normal, other than the odd spear thrown at the shy kid brother. This modern stuff is just weird.

You obviously don't do your own shopping. Just go down to tescos, and try to find sesame seeds. You'll learn a lot about hunting and gathering, and self defence. An old lady with a trolly can do you serious damage, if you don't watch your back.

[cowiz]

Bump

Oh you already did!

My bad.