Farming created a food surplus that enabled larger communities to form.

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

Categorization

• XREF: This passage connects to the broader narrative of agricultural evolution, reflecting how societies transitioned from hunter-gatherer to sedentary lifestyles. — connects to: Farming developed independently in seven global regions 10,000 years ago. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 127; Cities may have preceded and enabled agriculture, not the reverse; Early farming worsened health yet sustained larger populations than foraging did. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 390 (+1 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 127