Comments on: Ancient Pots Show How Humans Adopted Farming http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2011/10/ancient-pots-show-how-humans-adopted-farming/ A Heaping Helping of Food News, Science and Culture Fri, 24 May 2013 17:26:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: John F. http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2011/10/ancient-pots-show-how-humans-adopted-farming/comment-page-1/#comment-14468 John F. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:56:20 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=10536#comment-14468 "Archaeologists have linked the change to population growth and a wider variety in diet." I wonder if that's a typo. From what I've read, the switch to farming has been generally linked to a *less* varied, less nutritious diet. Here are two links (the first is something of a classic): http://www.mnforsustain.org/food_ag_worst_mistake_diamond_j.htm http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/06/17/early-farmers-were-sicker-and-shorter-than-their-forager-ancestors/ “Archaeologists have linked the change to population growth and a wider variety in diet.”

I wonder if that’s a typo. From what I’ve read, the switch to farming has been generally linked to a *less* varied, less nutritious diet. Here are two links (the first is something of a classic):

http://www.mnforsustain.org/food_ag_worst_mistake_diamond_j.htm

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/06/17/early-farmers-were-sicker-and-shorter-than-their-forager-ancestors/

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