Did our Stone Age ancestors turn to farming all for the love of… beer?

The wonderful Arts and Letters Daily points to an article in Der Spiegel: Did our Neolithic ancestors start to grow crops in pursuit of… beer? Imagine: a hairy Stone Age-r picks up a rotten piece of fruit and munches. "As alcohol entered the bloodstream, the brain started sending out a new message—whatever that was, I want more of it!"