Before the advent of agriculture, humans were nomadic, traveling constantly in search of wild animals and grain. With the rise of agriculture as a predictable, centralized source of food, they suddenly had an incentive to stay put. Cities began to form. In this way, agriculture began to change not only the human diet, but human civilization as well.
Chapel Hill is a town in Durham and Orange Counties, and the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care. The population was 57,233 at the 2010 census; Chapel Hill is the 15th-largest city in North Carolina.
There is something for everyone in Chapel Hill from attending a basketball game at the Dean Smith Center to visiting the southeast's largest natural botanical garden. Orange County, located in the Piedmont section of North Carolina is home to the communities of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough.ome of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill is a small town with top-notch sports teams, performing arts and award-winning restaurants. The galleries, shops and nightlife on Franklin St. are one of the reasons Travel + Leisure Magazine named Chapel Hill, NC America's Coolest College Town.