Anthropology

Like not dying? Like having kids live and thrive until adulthood?

I assume you also know that before ag, gatherers still needed to store foods that would have attracted rodents.

I assume you also know about the neolithic/bronze age/iron age European method of storing grains in the ground in a way that would have prevented rodents access.

I assume you also know about how early Americans kept their gathered and harvested foods in containers stored in various ways to prevent animal intrusion.

It wasn't just farming that caused people to have to hide food from rodents and to store it for long-term use. Farming is what allowed people to have a more steady supply of food over the course of a year.