{"id":3129,"date":"2019-11-14T17:10:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T21:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=3129"},"modified":"2022-03-10T09:25:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T13:25:08","slug":"wheat-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wheat-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheat&#8217;s History: How It Became the Most Successful Species"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is wheat&#8217;s history? Why is it one of the most important crops in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/history-of-agriculture\/\">history of agriculture<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The history of wheat is so important because it may have been the species that transformed humans from nomadic foragers to farmers. 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Wheat domesticated humans.<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Wheat couldn\u2019t grow in soil with rocks and pebbles, so Sapiens had to bend over and clear the fields.<\/li><li>Wheat couldn\u2019t grow around other plants, so Sapiens had to frequently weed the ground it grew in.<\/li><li>Wheat was fragile, so Sapiens had to protect it from worms, blight, rabbits, and locusts. Sapiens guarded it from other animals by building fences and physically standing there, watching over it.<\/li><li>Wheat needed a lot of water, so Sapiens dug canals and dragged buckets of water back and forth from rivers and water sources.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Humans hadn\u2019t evolved for this work. It killed their backs, knees, necks, and feet. Further, there\u2019s evidence of new injuries like slipped discs, hernias, and arthritis.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And <strong>what did wheat offer in return? Not much.<\/strong> Wheat doesn\u2019t have many vitamins and minerals. It didn\u2019t offer a better diet for Sapiens. And it didn\u2019t offer more stable living. Wheat cultivation was dependent on external factors like plentiful rain, no swarms of locusts, and no fungus. A lot had to go right for wheat to grow and thrive.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further, if people had a plot of land, they also had to protect that land from neighbors. Unlike foragers, when farmers didn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-get-along-with-other-people\/\">get along with others<\/a> in their band, it wasn\u2019t easy to pick up and move. Farmers stayed and fought. Therefore, wheat didn\u2019t offer a more peaceful way of life. Some studies indicate that 15% of deaths at the time were the result of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/human-violence\/\">human violence<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There was one benefit, <\/strong>however: life lived in one place, in a home and with fences, did provide more protection from wild animals and the elements. This was the single most important benefit in wheat&#8217;s history.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">wheat&#8217;s History: Why Wheat?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The move from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-is-foraging-meaning\/\">foraging<\/a> to agriculture wasn\u2019t necessarily a conscious choice. Rather, it was a gradual process of small, seemingly insignificant changes that added up to a monumental revolution.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>18,000 years ago, <strong>the last ice age retreated, increasing rainfall.<\/strong> This was great for wheat and other grains, which started to spread. Because there was more wheat, people started eating more of it, taking it back to their campsites to grind and cook. On the way to the campsite, some of the small grains were sprinkled along the path, helping the spread of wheat.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Humans burned the forests to create clearings that attracted animals. This also cleared the area of large trees and bushes that would have competed with the wheat for sunlight and water. Where wheat prospered, nomads would settle for a few weeks, enjoying the plenty. <strong>A few weeks turned into a few more, and over generations, these areas became permanent settlements.<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People started storing grain for later and invented stone scythes, pestles, and mortars. Because they saw that wheat grew better when it was buried deep in the soil rather than sprinkled on top, <strong>humans began to hoe and plow the fields. Weeding, watering, and fertilizing followed.<\/strong> With all this time spent on tending the wheat, there was less time to hunt and gather. Sapiens had become farmers.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About 10,000 years ago, between 9500 and 8500 BC, Sapiens started shifting from forager lifestyles to a life revolving around agriculture. This was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-was-the-agricultural-revolution\/\">Agricultural Revolution<\/a>. It was so successful for our species that we went from 5-8 million foragers in 10,000 BC to 250 million farmers by the first century AD.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This gradual movement started independently in the Middle East, China, and Central America, areas that had plants and animals, like wheat and sheep, that were easy to domesticate. The movement had a monumental impact on not only the way we live today but on our diet. 90% of the calories in the modern diet comes from plants domesticated by our ancestors, like wheat, rice, and potatoes.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wheat&#8217;s History: <strong>Progress?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people have suggested that the Agricultural Revolution was the product of a species that was becoming more intelligent, but there\u2019s no evidence of this. The move toward farming isn\u2019t necessarily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/common-sense-pamphlet\/\">common sense<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, agriculture was much harder than foraging and hunting for food, and left farmers more vulnerable to disease and hunger. Farmers also had a less nutritious diet than foragers due to its lack of variety.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agriculture also led to promotion of disease. All the extra food they grew resulted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/global-population-growth\/\">population boom<\/a>. More people meant closer living quarters, leading to disease epidemics. Child mortality soared.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the agricultural surplus went to the elite, and they probably did live better lives than their ancestors. But <strong>the Agricultural Revolution didn\u2019t translate to a better life for most individuals.<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We won the game of evolution, which judges our success based on how many of us there are on the planet, but we lost individually. In other words, the Agricultural Revolution allowed more people to survive, but the conditions under which each individual lived were worse. But wheat&#8217;s history shows us that this move was extremely advantageous for this crop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is wheat&#8217;s history? 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