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andsoitislast Sunday at 10:35 AM0 repliesview on HN

> People moved from a hunter gatherer society to an agrarian society because the latter was easier.

Agriculture began from a convergence of climate stability, resource abundance, sedentary living, population pressure, and co-evolution with useful plants and animals.

Hunting and gathering alone cannot feed everyone. Farming is harder, less healthy, more labor-intensive but yields more calories per acre.

As a population grows, farming becomes the least bad option.