Farming was punishment for Adam after the Fall, around 4000 B.C., as explained in the [[Book of Genesis]], chapter 3. [[Civilization]]s based on agriculture then developed around 3000 B.C., and ever since most human populations have been dependent on agriculture by some 2,000 years ago. <ref>http://courses.washington.edu/anth457/agorigin.htm</ref>. | Farming was punishment for Adam after the Fall, around 4000 B.C., as explained in the [[Book of Genesis]], chapter 3. [[Civilization]]s based on agriculture then developed around 3000 B.C., and ever since most human populations have been dependent on agriculture by some 2,000 years ago. <ref>http://courses.washington.edu/anth457/agorigin.htm</ref>. |