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World's oldest bread is over 14,000 years old and predates farming

New Atlas - Mon 16 Jul 18

It may not be the most exciting food, but bread is one of the most important, and now its place in history may be even more crucial than we thought. Archaeologists have discovered the ...

Prehistoric bake-off: Recipe for oldest bread revealed

BBC News - Mon 16 Jul 18

Charred crumbs found in a middle-eastern desert show that bread-making dates back 14,000 years.

Stone Age bakers made first bread thousands of years before farming

Newscientist - Mon 16 Jul 18

Evidence of the first early bread suggests humans were baking with wheat and oats thousands of years before they began farming the cereals

These Bread-makers Predate Farming

Discover Magazine - Mon 16 Jul 18

Agriculture is thought to have been developed 11,000 years ago in the Levant, where Iraq, Israel and Jordan are today. But in recent years, archaeologists have discovered sites in the region ...

A bit stale by now: world’s oldest bread discovered

Cosmos Magazine - Mon 16 Jul 18

An ancient flatbread predates agriculture by four millennia. Jeff Glorfeld reports.

Archaeologists discover bread that predates agriculture by 4,000 years

Phys.org - Mon 16 Jul 18

At an archaeological site in northeastern Jordan, researchers have discovered the charred remains of a flatbread baked by hunter-gatherers 14,400 years ago. It is the oldest direct evidence ...

Archaeologists discover bread that predates agriculture by 4,000 years, ScienceDaily - Mon 16 Jul 18

Oldest bread found in Jordan predates agriculture by 4,000 years

ZME Science - Mon 16 Jul 18

It took great determination for the first hunter-gathers to set off the agricultural revolution -- but the bread helped.

Burnt bread shows that our ancestors were baking 4,000 years before agriculture

Popular Science - Mon 16 Jul 18

Science Charred flatbread found in a fireplace dates back to 14,400 years ago. A fire was burning in the circular stone fireplace when someone threw in bits of food—cruciferous ...

Archaeologists unearth charred remains of a 14,400 year-old flatbread in Jordan

Daily Mail - Mon 16 Jul 18

The site, Shubayqa , located roughly 90 miles (150 km) northeast of Amman, in Jordan, has been investigated by a University of Copenhagen led team from 2012 to the present day.

World's oldest bread found at prehistoric site in Jordan

Reuters - Mon 16 Jul 18

Charred remains of a flatbread baked about 14,500 years ago in a stone fireplace at a site in northeastern Jordan have given researchers a delectable surprise: people began making bread, a vital ...

Hunter Gatherers Baked Their Own Bread 14,000 Years Ago - 4,000 Years Before Agriculture

Science 2.0 - Tue 17 Jul 18

Some 4,000 years before domesticated agriculture, hunter-gatherers baked their own bread, according to a discovery at an archaeological site in northeastern Jordan. Researchers have discovered ...

Bread unearthed by archaeologists is 4,000 years older than agriculture

UPI - Tue 17 Jul 18

Archaeologists have recovered the remains of a piece of flatbread baked by hunter-gatherers 14,400 years ago -- 4,000 years before the advent of agriculture.