Bread that predates agriculture by 4,000 years discovered
Researchers have discovered the remains of a flatbread baked by hunter-gatherers 14,400 years ago in Jordan. It is the oldest known direct evidence of bread, predating the advent of agriculture by at least 4,000 years. The researchers suggest that bread production based on wild cereals may have encouraged cereal cultivation, and contributed to the agricultural revolution in the Neolithic period.