“The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race”, an article by Jared Diamond, argues humans switching from hunting and gathering to agriculture was the most catastrophic decision made over humans long existence, demolishing the belief that becoming more “civilized” was beneficial. The change came with a price; farming created bad health, caused class division and inequality between the sexes. For example, recent studies on skeletons of Indians of the Illinois and Ohio river valleys revealed the ancient people had a 50% increased rate of malnutrition and disease. The substantially higher rate is the result of crowding which allowed for disease to spread, and farming yielded crops of low nutrition. Similarly, agricultural people had classes
