# Quote — Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens

> Neither did the early farmers understand that feeding children with more porridge and less would weaken their immune system, and permanent settlements would be hotbeds of infectious disease.

- Author: [Yuval Noah Harari](https://www.leafyquotes.com/yuval-noah-harari.md)
- Book: [Sapiens](https://www.leafyquotes.com/yuval-noah-harari/sapiens.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Yuval_Noah_Harari#Chapter_5:_%22History's_Biggest_Fraud%22) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
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