[Little Bill]

As a History reader, I have been amazed at the fools who haven't connected scientific farming and cheap food with increased lifespan.

[aruanan]

As a History reader, I have been amazed at the fools who haven't connected scientific farming and cheap food with increased lifespan.

Well, maybe you'd be interested in knowing that the topic of the Nobel address of Nobel Laureate Robert Fogel, University of Chicago, was precisely on this point (including increased body size and increased capacity for productive physical labor). Of course, the real story begins with farming itself, especially the invention of the plow.