许多研究表明，农业的发展伴随着人类身高及整体健康的下降。


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About 10,000 years ago, human populations around the world figured out that they could grow crops and raise animals. Instead of always being on the move, chasing game and gathering plants, they could stay in one place and settle down. And you might think that this more stable sort of existence would lead to better health. But you'd be wrong. According to many studies, the rise of agriculture coincided with declines in human height and overall health. Why? Theories abound. One of the most persuasive is the notion that an agricultural lifestyle is generally less healthful than a hunting and gathering one. Hunter gatherers, for example, ate a wide variety of food basically anything they could find–while in early agricultural societies, people came to rely on only a few types of food, leading to nutritional deficiencies.
大约在一万年以前，地球上的人类被认为可以种植农作物和饲养动物。他们因此可以在一个地方定居下来用于取代以前经常迁徙，打猎和收集植物的生活。 也许你会认为这种比较固定的生活方式可以带来健康。但是，你是错误的。 许多研究表明，农业的发展伴随着人类身高及整体健康的下降。 为什么会这样呢？ 关于这有很多的理论。其中最有说服力的观点是农业生活相对于打猎和聚集的生活方式是不健康的。比如，猎人会食用他们所能找到的各种基本食物--而在早期的农业社会，人们便开始依赖部分种类的食物，这导致了营养的缺乏。