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Archeologists find world's oldest bread - robkelk - 07-18-2018
Abstract of the paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Pop-science story on CBC
tl;dr: Bread-making (the unleavened sort, at least) predates farming by four millennia. Apparently, the recipe is an acquired taste.
So... what is this the best thing since?
RE: Archeologists find world's oldest bread - classicdrogn - 07-18-2018
Chewing on unaltered grass seeds, I guess?
RE: Archeologists find world's oldest bread - Dartz - 07-18-2018
After 14,500 years it's probably gone a bit stale.....
RE: Archeologists find world's oldest bread - robkelk - 07-18-2018
It was burnt, too.