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.
The Durham area includes Chapel Hill, so on the surface, the two major cities in the area are both college towns â Durham is home to Duke University, while Chapel Hill is home to the University of North Carolina. But thatâs where the similarities end. Durham is an old tobacco town, not too prosperous, not too interesting but livable.