Primal Primer 12 (Nutrition)
Agriculture plays a pivotal role in the evolution of our species, fundamentally altering biology, culture, and social structure.
- Dietary Shifts – Transition from hunter gatherer to agricultural based leads to significant changes in the sapien’s diet. Early humans consumed diverse ranges of wild plants and animals, then shifting to domesticated crops like wheat, rice, and maize; resulting in changes to the human physiology and psychology.
- Population Growth – Agriculture supports larger more sedentary populations; leading to denser communities and evolutionary pressures related to disease resistance and innovation of societal structure and specialization.
- Social Heirarchies – Advent of agriculture leads to food surpluses; allowing specialized roles and social structure based on classes, wealth, and land ownership.
- Technological Innovation – Specialization of labor facilitates experts in tool development, spurring further social and economic layering of civilization.
- Cognitive Changes – Complexity of agricultural life (planning, storing, and managing resources) favors cognitive abilities related to problem solving memory, and social interaction; indelibly changing the human brain.
- Cultural Evolution – Agriculture allows for the accumulation of material wealth and knowledge leading to unprecedented pace of cultural evolution. The development of written language, mathematics philosophy, government, and science is closely linked to the needs of agricultural societies.
Remember Your Ancestors
Despite the many benefits and advancements in transitioning from hunter and gatherer to agriculture based civilizations, many catastrophes of change linger to this very day. Remember your ancestors when hunting and gathering in modernity. Reframe yourself in tribal settings of east Africa in search of resources. The goal is to source the least processed, plastic laden, and chemical exposed foods and goods. Eat like the kings we once were and will be again. Ask yourself what your ancestors would hunt and gather from careful stalking of game and pickings of fruit and vegetable.
~Cave Implementation~
In the image of our ancestors, be critical when foraging or in pursuit of meat. Do not gather goods tainted by the gloved hands of industrial chemicals or mass production of processed nutrition. Scale through the tenets of practicality; dependent on the individual’s financial means or ability to home source.
Only Eat What Your Ancestors Would Hunt And Gather From Careful Stalking Of Game And Seasonal Pickings Of Plants.
