At the beginning, I basically put one villager on food, one on building and the rest on research. I hold off breeding a lot until I research the farming more. Science research will also accumulate tech points faster. I focus on those two first, then have fun solving more puzzles later.
However, there are many many strategies for playing the games, that's just the start I personally prefer. I'm sure others here have their own favorite strategies.
BTW, what's the "TIA" after your posts mean?
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