In Jared Diamond’s article, he describes how the nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle has actually been more beneficial for the human race, and that agriculture led to people becoming malnurtured and affected their physical abilities and height. This is the “worst mistake” that Diamond speaks of, that people may have actually harmed their life quality by settling down for agriculture. At first, his reasoning doesn’t make sense. Who would give up a mass food production for one where you must travel and gather your own food? I had always thought that the hunter-gatherer lifestyle was a lot harder than that of one who farms. However, Diamond states that many present-day Kalahari Bushmen, several groups of people who still hunt and gather for their
