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		Nasrudith on March 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Farming gave us salmonella, ancient DNA suggests More fauna with hunter gatherers? They were causing mass extinctions since they picked up spears! The whole reason they were usually 8nomadic was because they depleted local food supplies and had to move on. Once they had better nutrition (the source of huge barbarian myths) but agriculture has advanced far past that now.

jessaustin on March 3, 2020 [–]

You're really wrong about this. Pack hunters, such as wolves, lions, or early humans, do affect local prey populations in temporary ways, but they don't destroy ecosystems. Agriculture does destroy ecosystems.

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