The change from hunting-gathering to farming caused a 7 year age expectancy decline that no one would expect. In the Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age), nomadic people hunted and gathered nuts and berries for their food. In contrast, the Neolithic Age (New Stone Age) people settled down in small villages and farmed as their food source. The Neolithic Age was when cereal cultivation and animal domestication was introduced (Violatti 4). When the population of the world grew, people needed a food surplus to feed their own so they discovered the art of agriculture. Many people today may think that the farmers in the Neolithic Age were better off than the hunters-gatherers in the Paleolithic Age, but massive changes in society, health and diet proves
