The development of agriculture made humans began to form permanent settlements, and give up the process of hunting and gathering. With agriculture came a new way of nutrition and ability to survive on a dependent food supply. Agriculture was a key and important step in benefiting human survival. Agriculture wasn't a choice, as much as it was a important adaptation to the population growth experienced in the world.
Advantages of a Agriculture society over a Hunter-gathering society In the Paleolithicand Neolithic time period, people lived in small societies. Agriculture and Hunter-gathering societies are different in many ways for insistence one hunts and the other grows crops and one is more likely to move and follow the herd of animals and is more settled. Some advantages are houses because they are built to last. Being part of a Hunter-gathering society can be frustrating sometimes because if the hunters have no animals to hunt than the tribe doesn’t eat. They also didn't
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People often lived around a reliable source of food, such as a river. These areas were some of the first sites that people populated. Farming maybe extra work but with extra work comes a surplus of food that can provide for larger populations. When cities developed they relied on the growing of many types of foods and there developed a class system with people stratifying into leaders and followers.
Agriculture allowed a ruling class to develop. These societies developed permanent structures, water distribution systems, governments, and armies. Farming is the bedrock on which our modern world is built.Agricultural societies developed domesticated animals as a ready source of meat. Land that was in grass could be used to grow sheep for wool and meat. People were no longer reliant on an unsteady supply of game from disappearing wild stocks for high-quality food. Animals also provided milk and