How did ancient humans see tall growing grass (wheat), think to harvest it, mill it, mix it with water then put the mixture into fire to make ‘bread’?

Question

I am trying to comprehend how something that required methodical steps and ‘good luck’ came to be a staple of civilisations for thousands of years. Thank you. (Sorry if this question isn’t correct for ELI5, I searched and couldn’t find it asked. Hope it’s in-bounds.)

In: 1505

Answer 1

I read somewhere that the thing that truly set us apart from other animals and even primates was that knowledge was passed down generation to generation and built upon.

Humans have a relatively long adolescence and childhood which is incredibly costly in terms of evolution but in exchange we got tremendous amounts of knowledge and safety and resources to build upon.