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Explain how agriculture is related to human settlements

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Agriculture allowed people to stay in one place, and increased food production caused the population density to expand.

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Agriculture allowed people to stay in one place, and increased food production caused the population density to expand far beyond levels that could be sustained by hunting and gathering alone. This growth in population density provided a critical mass of people to sustain and spread contagious infectious diseases.

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