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Was agriculture the greatest blunder in human history?

Tea plantation labourers in Kericho. [Standard, Archive]

Darren Curnoe, UNSW

Twelve thousand years ago everybody lived as hunters and gatherers. But by 5,000 years ago most people lived as farmers.

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