As soon as humans began to form permanent settlements, and give up the process of hunting and gathering, agriculture was born. With agriculture came a new means of nutrition and ability to survive to a faltering species. Overpowering hunter-gatherers as dominant individuals, this new group altered the human race to what it is today. Though some tend to disagree with this statement, agriculture was a key and important step in benefiting human survival.
Agriculture wasn't a choice, as much as it was a critical adaptation to the population growth experienced in the eastern world. As hunter-gatherers succeeded in competing against other species, their population density inevitably increased. Land controlled could only support a single person per 10 square miles of area and demand was increasing. With a one hundred fold larger population density due to the adaptation of agriculture, you can see why it was so easily accepted without objection. …
