The world's oldest bread was baked by hunter-gatherers
Archaeologists in Jordan unearthed the world's oldest bread, a 14,600-year-old flatbread baked by hunter-gatherers, challenging assumptions about early human food processing.
Imagine bread 14,600 years ago! Archaeologists in Jordan discovered charred flatbread from a prehistoric hearth, pushing back bread-making's timeline by thousands of years. This ancient bread, made from wild cereals and tubers, was ground into flour, mixed with water, and baked on hot stones.
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