[bigmac0707]

[Tijeras_Slim]

They obviously found the reamins of a neolithic college dorm.

[razoroccam]

Looks more like a bunch of dried earthworms.

[SuziQ]

"Prior to the discovery of noodles at Lajia, the earliest written record of noodles is traced to a book written during the East Han Dynasty sometime between AD 25 and 220, although it remained a subject of debate whether the Chinese, the Italians, or the Arabs invented it first.

I had heard long ago, that Marco Polo was the person who brought the noodle to Italy after one of his trips to China.

[manwiththehands]

Gives a whole new meaning to the term "science fair project".

[the OlLine Rebel]

Interesting!

Are we sure those aren't tapeworms, tho? Eeeewwww.....

[mysterio]

Yeah, but how do they taste? What would be really cool is to cook them up and serve them with mammoth meat and the Tyrannosaurus jerky they found last year.

[Riley]

Late Neolithic noodles:

'Top Ramen' joke in 5...4...3...2...

[A knight without armor]

"The 50cm-long, yellow strands were found in a pot that had probably been buried during a catastrophic flood. "


So, a million years from now some scientist will dig up petrified jambalaya?

[PaulaB]

"Our data demonstrate that noodles were probably initially made from species of domesticated grasses native to China

ewwwwwwwww

[Lazamataz]

Oldest noodles unearthed in China

Then how come the package says '3 minutes in the microwave!' on the outside?

[rightinthemiddle]

"Oldest noodles...."

I thought it was a story about Robert Byrd.

[steveo]

For all you parents with todlers out there and hope it sticks in your head:

Noodle.
Use your noodle.
Noodle.
Do the Noodle Dance.

[indcons]

Ping....ancient noodles from China.

[rightinthemiddle]

...the 50cm-long, yellow strands were found in a pot that had probably been buried during a catastrophic flood.

Strangely, five boxes of Shurefine Mac & Cheese, an empty twelve pack of Red White & Blue and three Totino's Pizzas were also found at the site.

[facedown]

Burp to the top.

[reelfoot]

Found, by any chance, in one of those little take-out boxes?

[Revolting cat!]

What al ordest nuders?

[R. Scott]

When they lifted the inverted container, the noodles were found sitting proud on the cone of sediment left behind.
"It was this unique combination of factors that created a vacuum or empty space between the top of the sediment cone and the bottom of this bowl that allowed the noodles to be preserved," Professor Kam-biu Liu said.

I always thought they’d last a few thousand years.

[patriot_wes]

Hillary's brain on drugs.....all your noolows berong to us!

[yarddog]

Well they had to eat something didn't they?