From Spear to Sickle: How the Agricultural Revolution Changed Our Plates

What did humans eat before farms? And how did the shift from hunting to harvesting reshape our health, culture, and civilization?

In this captivating episode of Ancient Appetite, we explore the dramatic transformation that began 10,000 years ago when early humans traded the spear for the sickle. Learn how the Agricultural Revolution changed our diets forever — from wild, nutrient-rich foraging to grain-based farming that built empires… and altered our bodies.

Discover:

The hunter-gatherer diet vs early farmer diet

The origins of agriculture in the Fertile Crescent

How bread, beer, and dairy changed the human gut

The surprising costs of civilization’s most crucial innovation