FUN FACT: Many hunter-gatherer groups plant seeds when moving between seasonal camps, and harvest the grown plants when they return.
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Agriculture was something we knew about for a long, long time before we did it as our main thing. Turns out it's actually way more work and involves staying in one place a lot longer than you might be used to.
So people would plant seeds like you said and hope that they had fruit the next year when they came back to that spot.
Eventually as populations increased we started relying more and more on agriculture and had people stay back to protect the crops. That being said, this was NOT a linear process. Agriculture came in waves until it eventually just stuck around for good.
Disclaimer: I only know about pre-history in the Americas, but I think this is pretty much true everywhere.
And here in America we seem to have forgotten why we plant near rivers. The soil is rich because they're flood plains. I'm always amazed when I travel and see farm houses, or entire communities, right by the river.
tbf, it's not just America, or modernity. The convenience of being by the riverside has long outweighed the risks of flooding - at least in the minds of potential settlers.
Is perfectly permed and dyed hair supposed to represent an ancient person somehow?
You know that hair color can be natural right?... And curly hair doesn't really need to be permed to be curly?
Let's even say you're right (which it doesn't look like to me, to me that looks like a professionally done hair job), even in that case, how is this hair supposed to be representing an ancient person?
It does not look permed. Curly hair needs basic maintenance to look like that but def not a professional perm. But fair point on the second part.