c. 13,000 BCE
Agriculture
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Bread before agriculture
Charred flatbread crumbs at Shubayqa in Jordan were baked from wild cereals and tubers.
Why it mattered
Pushes the origins of baking back thousands of years before cultivated grain.
Stone Age
13,000 BCE
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