Dear Historians,

Yesterday we talked about the First Americans traveling across the land bridge between Asia and the Americas and spreading out across the Americas. Today we’ll talk about one of the greatest discoveries in human history: agriculture.

Think about the advantanges that agriculture allows. Now people could stay in one place rather than always chasing after game. With agriculture, fewer people would have to find food and others could learn new trades. Eventually, humans learned new methods for improving agricultural production beyond what hunters and gatherers ever thought possible.

Sometimes when I’m in the grocery store, I like to imagine that I’m a prehistoric, pre-agricultural human seeing this incredible bounty of fruits and vegetables–all made possible by agriculture.