Cities may have preceded and enabled agriculture, not the reverse

Evidence

Farming created a food surplus that allowed larger groups of people to live together and changed not just how they lived but how they thought. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 127 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

The development of farming occurred independently in at least seven different parts of the world at the end of the last Ice Age 10,000 years ago. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 127 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Farming created a food surplus that enabled larger communities to form. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 127; Farming developed independently in seven global regions 10,000 years ago. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 127; Religious worship may have driven the agricultural revolution rather than resulting from it.

Related

• Farming created a food surplus that enabled larger communities to form. (similarity 0.87)
• Early farming worsened health yet sustained larger populations than foraging did. (similarity 0.82)
• Farming developed independently in seven global regions 10,000 years ago. (similarity 0.82)
• Agriculture harmed health yet spread because it fed more people. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Farming created a food surplus that enabled larger communities to form. #contradicts (0.85) — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 127
• Farming developed independently in seven global regions 10,000 years ago. #qualifies (0.30) — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 127