High in a remote area of the Oetztaler Alps in northern Italy, 5,300 years ago, Oetzi the Iceman was shot in the back with an arrow.
I believe the answer is "change to meet the needs of a modern society".
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Agriculture has an enormous effect on our society (and practically all societies for that matter) since it allows for a "food surplus"--meaning that people who are not farmers can develop other skills and trades that contribute to the advancement of society.
Well, considering a consumer economy needs low income workers to service, then it would be the poor.