Conventional wisdom seems to suggest that the development of agriculture was a really good event. We settled down, grew our own food and raised our own animals. No longer did humans face an uncertain future not knowing if the next meal would be today, tomorrow or sometime later. We had…
Warning – this post may contain the ramblings of an unhinged mind! Second warning – this is not a new idea, I have heard whispers of it before. Earlier this year we sat down as a family to watch “Highlander”, a film released in 1986. “You will love this”, I…
The first recognisable humans evolved 2.5 million years ago. That is 2,500,000 years and our current counting system has only racked up 2,013 of them or 0.08% of the time we’ve been around. These people probably ate a mixture of foods including fruit, nuts, tubers and insects. It is easy…