Why the Shift to Farming Ruined This Ancient City's Health

The switch from a hunter gatherer society to a farming one appears to have resulted in a more sedentary lifestyle for the inhabitants of Catalhoyuk. And with that, emerged some serious health problems.

[bitcoinski]

Farming in a desert climate increased soil salinity which led up to a breaking point/crop failure...which led to their demise...

[Accrd]

Welp, time to move back to the countryside!

[--Paws--]

The settlement looks similar to Mesa Verde cliff dwellings

[iativ]

So everyone used the sunk cost fallacy back then? This doesn't make much sense.

[burt]

How is sitting down watching sheep harder than hunting? Also farming is more efficient and takes less effort than gathering whatever you can find after walking insanely long distances. I think you are drawing the wrong conclusions

[growurown]

And its all just a little bit of history repeating