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  • Scientists unearth 70,000 year old flatbread unlocking secrets to historical diets

    11/22/2022 11:27:11 PM PST · by blueplum · 41 replies
    The Express UK ^ | 23 Nov 2022 | VICTORIA CHESSUM
    Scientists believe they have made a fascinating discovery which reveals some hidden detail about the diet of Neanderthals around 70,000 years ago. They have unearthed remains of what is believed to be the world's oldest flatbread made by Neanderthals in the foothills of Iraq. The charred remnants were recovered from the Shanidar Cave site - a Neanderthal dwelling around 500 miles north of Baghdad. The archaeologists said the findings, published in the journal Antiquity, show for the first time that bread was part of the diet among these hominid species....