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		xigency on March 23, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The health care toll today’s work culture exacts o... In the book Sapiens the author argues that life was perhaps better before the invention of agriculture, with relative comfort and less time spent on subsistence.

tonyedgecombe on March 23, 2018 | [–]

It's interesting that the skeletons found from the period after agriculture was introduced are significantly shorter than those from before.

vilmosi on March 23, 2018 | [–]

The book also says how that world was incredibly violent and unsympathetic to the elderly/sick.

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