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Long ago people could not just buy bread at a shop.

How did early people first get most of their food?

Growing crops and gathering plants
Long ago people gathered wild plants and later learned to grow their own crops, which is called farming. Farming let people stay in one place and build the first villages.

Early people first got most of their food by gathering wild plants and eventually learning to grow their own crops, a method known as farming. Before shops or refrigerators existed, communities depended entirely on what they could grow, hunt, or find nearby to survive through every season.

Buying frozen food or ordering online are both modern conveniences that rely on technology like refrigeration, factories, and the internet, none of which existed for early humans, so neither option could describe how ancient people actually ate.

Once people learned to farm instead of only gathering wild food, they were able to settle down in one place, which eventually led to the very first villages and towns.

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