> I'm not aware of any evidence that agriculture was the result of
> a shortage of other food.  And since there were plenty of plants
> known to be edible, it would have made no sense at all to
> cultivate inedible plants in response to a food shortage.
> Todd Moody
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Any ideas on where agriculture DID come from?

It seems to me that grains must have been a small part of the H-G's diet (as
a condiment, to borrow a phrase).  This I can understand (I think).  What
puzzles me is the seemingly wholesale and relatively sudden switch to grain
as a staple.

Robert