We started out as either hunters or gatherers. Did the hunters evolve toward domestication of animals and the gatherers toward agriculturalists? Even though hunters killed off the large Pleistocene mammals in many areas, I believe the agriculturalists have caused far more environmental harm and loss of species diversity by deforestation, wetland drainage, impounding water, and turning the grassland sod upside down than have the hunters (trappers and fishermen included).
Well, I guess I'm a double damage doer ............ a hunter and an "agriculturist".
But really, when people start bashing agriculture, they shouldn't talk with their mouths full. How about all the urban development that has taken millions of acres out of the pristine pre-humo-sapien environment. Guess that's okay, since you didn't mention it.
