People who use complex tools like plows, irrigation, and fertilizers to grow domesticated plants are called farmers, it is a large scale activity and it´s use to obtain food from the earth, we also have horticulture, does not require hundreds or thousands of acres of land, horticulture is also important, but is more limited to the domestic and individual context, and finally it is much cheaper because it is not done at large scales like the Agriculture.
The brain is most of the ape's main gimmicks, aside from the opposable thumb. It allows us to not die without claws, fangs, and other evolutionary benefits.
Well first i just wanna say that life on mars has been discovered,not little green men but Bactria found on the surface and small traces of water have been found as well. some forms of life need little water to survive (like bacteria) but they still need water so yes there is water on mars the question is will we find it.