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Scientists unearth 70,000 year old flatbread unlocking secrets to historical diets
The Express UK ^ | 23 Nov 2022 | VICTORIA CHESSUM

Posted on 11/22/2022 11:27:11 PM PST by blueplum

Scientists believe they have made a fascinating discovery which reveals some hidden detail about the diet of Neanderthals around 70,000 years ago. They have unearthed remains of what is believed to be the world's oldest flatbread made by Neanderthals in the foothills of Iraq. The charred remnants were recovered from the Shanidar Cave site - a Neanderthal dwelling around 500 miles north of Baghdad. The archaeologists said the findings, published in the journal Antiquity, show for the first time that bread was part of the diet among these hominid species....

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Science
KEYWORDS: anthropology; antiquities; bread; dietandcuisine; flatbread; godsgravesglyphs; iraq; neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals; not70000years; shanidar; shanidarcave
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To: blueplum
I just woke up (and not wearing glasses yet; that's my excuse and I'm not changing it)

When I saw the headline, I read, "Scientists unearth 70,000 year old flatbed" ~ (like a flatbed truck)

I was thinking wtf!? lol 🤣
21 posted on 11/23/2022 6:41:09 AM PST by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: blueplum
That's one old flatbed.


22 posted on 11/23/2022 6:45:17 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: blueplum

Can’t get any more stale than that…


23 posted on 11/23/2022 7:00:30 AM PST by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: telescope115

Wrap it in a wet paper towel and micro wave it for 10 seconds.. It will be fine.


24 posted on 11/23/2022 7:01:41 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Ezekiel

“It’s a girl, my lord, in a flatbread Ford slowin’ down to take a look at me.”


25 posted on 11/23/2022 7:06:28 AM PST by Flag_This
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To: central_va

👍🙂


26 posted on 11/23/2022 7:08:38 AM PST by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
This topic was posted 07/24/2018, thanks again vannrox, wherever you are. A re-ping.

27 posted on 11/23/2022 8:01:21 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: blueplum; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ..
This topic was posted November 23, 68000 BC.. /rimshot
Thanks blueplum.

28 posted on 11/23/2022 8:01:33 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Flag_This
LOL, that's the Spirit. You've got this.

Lighten up while you still can..

29 posted on 11/23/2022 8:02:13 AM PST by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man. )
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To: sketchboy
If a Neanderthal got on the bus with you today ...

No 'if'. They do........................

30 posted on 11/23/2022 8:04:08 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: SunkenCiv

31 posted on 11/23/2022 8:07:55 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: SunkenCiv

https://as-ansar.org/news/scientists-unearth-70000-year-old-flatbread-unlocking-secrets-to-historical-diets/


32 posted on 11/23/2022 8:10:05 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: DannyTN

We occasionally go to our local “Day Old Bread Store”, a bakery outlet store where they sell leftover breads and cakes they remove from grocery stores.

This could be a 70,000 year Old Bread Store................


33 posted on 11/23/2022 8:12:13 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: blueplum

Interesting that it was right in the middle of a Glacial period.

I see the antiscience/new earthers crew had to try and destroy this thread with class clownsmanship. I think they can smell them coming even before they are posted...


34 posted on 11/23/2022 8:12:40 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Red Badger

A little scorched, but with enough butter, that will be just fine.


35 posted on 11/23/2022 8:15:26 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: Silentgypsy

Recipe:

1. Gather wild wheat seeds.

2. Smash with rocks.

3. Add some water.

4. Heat on flat rock until hard.

5. Eat..................


36 posted on 11/23/2022 8:19:00 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Yeah... Pretty simple concept.


37 posted on 11/23/2022 8:26:38 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Red Badger

I wuz thinkin’, maybe it started out as regular bread, and the accumulated soil over 70K years flattened it out...


38 posted on 11/23/2022 9:01:12 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

They hadn’t discovered ‘yeast’ yet....................


39 posted on 11/23/2022 9:02:45 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

You forgot the garnish.


40 posted on 11/23/2022 8:29:17 PM PST by Silentgypsy (In my defense, I was left unsupervised.)
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