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Archeologists Find World's Oldest Bread
Popular Mechanics ^ | July 17, 2018 | Avery Thompson

Posted on 07/18/2018 6:36:50 AM PDT by C19fan

Bread is life, but according to new research, it might be even more than that. A group of archeologists in northeastern Jordan have found the oldest bread in the world, and their findings show that this bread predates the invention of agriculture by at least 4,000 years. According to this discovery, the hunt for better bread ingredients may have triggered the agricultural revolution, which would make bread largely responsible for all of civilization as we know it.

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, University College London and University of Cambridge were excavating an archeological site in Jordan when they discovered what appeared to be a prehistoric oven built by the people in that area. The oven was dated to around 14,400 years ago and still had bits of food inside it.

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TOPICS: Food; History
KEYWORDS: agriculture; animalhusbandry; archeology; bread; dietandcuisine; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; huntergatherers
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To: C19fan

They bought it at my local Wally World.


41 posted on 07/18/2018 7:38:26 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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