me, paths of development of human societies on different continents began to diverge greatly.
             The invention of farming and a sedentary lifestyle was a huge impact of people's lives. In the beginning of this book, Diamond emphasizes the importance of food production. Once hunter-gatherers realized that certain crops and animals could be domesticated and grown in abundance, they began to become more sedentary. The benefits of this lifestyle and the use of domesticating plants and animals were increased available calories (through milk, meat, manure fertilization, and pulling a plow), increased crop yields which allowed larger population density, more frequent child-bearing, storage of food surpluses which can sustain specialists such as a political elite, priests, scribes, artisans, etc. Animals also provide hides for warmth, transport capability, and animal-derived germs (smallpox, measles, flu, etc.) for which partial immunity had developed and which
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