Multiple choice With farms, Neolithic man could build permanent shelters and form larger communities feed less people but offer a higher quality of food build a surplus of vegetables but have to hunt for meat slaughter animals after they plowed the fields Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself A Correct answer Explanation The transition to farming allowed Neolithic humans to establish a reliable, stationary food supply. Because they no longer needed to travel constantly to find food, they could build permanent homes and live together in larger, settled communities.