It is also becoming clear that bread has come after beer, which has come after gruel. The theory is that gruel from wild grains came first, where soaking them

It is also becoming clear that bread has come after beer, which has come after gruel. The theory is that gruel from wild grains came first, where soaking them helped to soften them up for consumption. Leaving gruel sit there in certain conditions starts fermentation, so beer making probably followed closely after. There is evidence that larger scale cultivation of grains precedes bread, so it is an interesting thought that we owe the switch to (semi-)sedentary lifestyles to beer ;) It takes quite a bit of grains to produce bread, so it makes sense that bread was only developed once there was a large amount or surplus of grains available.