Therefore, it is only when the idea of semi-private property emerged that farming could flourish. The initial idea of farming when everything produced would be shared and food would be consumed as soon as it was available was problematic as it did not leave any space for storing seed for the following year. One of the key issues with regard to farming was the property of the farms and their products. Seeing that hunters and gatherers only spent a couple of hours in acquisition of food many would ask the question – Why would anyone want to become a farmer? The answer lies in the fact that many hunter-gatherer communities found it more convenient to settle down for most of the year since they already knew the benefits certain plants could give them such as clothing, bow strings, food, medicines, and poisons. The new sedentary lifestyle caused changes in the daily routines and the inventions needed by people. However, alterations did not only occur in the environment, the new way of living changed both the behavior and hereditary traits of humans and plants alike. The most vital of these improvements is the domestication of different types of animals, which further increased the efficiency of agriculture. Reshaping the Environment Bearing in mind the idea of humans extracting resources from their environment, comes the concept of improvement of such extraction methods.
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