Which came first, sophisticated
societies or farming?

Answer:

Sophisticated/Complex societies came first.

Explanation:

Complex societies came first as during the human evolution, the early developed primates started as hunters and gatherers. Later when they began to settle in places for a long period, they started discovering new vegetation and various things related to it such as, how they grow, what is required for the growth, etc.

All this later turned into farming practices as settling at a place permanently required a fixed source of nutrition and farming was one of the solutions to these problems.

1) the andrew carniage's purchase and renovation of skibo castle have been very good and auspicious for the local people of dornoch firth, scotland because this is a turistic attraction for many people who would want to know the castle, the local people would take advantage about this.

2) yes, it could.