Archeologists Find World's Oldest Bread

Popular Mechanics ^ | July 17, 2018 | Avery Thompson

[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.

[freedumb2003]

They are definitely ancient.

[Noumenon]

Beer - the cornerstone of civilization.

[butlerweave]

Darn , and I thought I found it at a Gas Station the other day

[miss marmelstein]

And it’s still better than Wonder Bread.

[Blue Highway]

talk about some moldy oldies right there...

[moovova]

All this old stuff...it don’t matter to me.

[moovova]

So, they actually discovered where the line...
....”Woman, make me a sammich!” originated.

[BipolarBob]

Beware the leaven of the Pharisees.

[nevergore]

Big deal....I found a loaf in the bottom of my fridge older than that....

[pepsi_junkie]

If they put it in the microwave for 10 or 15 seconds it ought to soften up and be perfect for a nice ham sammich.

[Buckeye McFrog]

World's Oldest Bread? Aisle 4.

[pgkdan]

I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison.

[JoeProBono]

[IrishBrigade]

‘I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison.’

...and drove my pickup home, near the railroad track where the train whistle was blowing...

[Karliner]

Was it stamped gluten free by the FDA and baked by Ms Ginsberg?

[DannyTN]

Thank Goodness,
I found some in the kitchen this morning that was a runner up.

[DannyTN]

Yeah, but they’re classic.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks fieldmarshaldj.

• Scientists Have Discovered The Earliest Evidence of Bread, And It's Much Older Than We Expected

[GingisK]

Was it in an olive drab can?

[Songcraft]

And here's the ancient bread they found there...