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Anthropology

Crash2Parties

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5. That's...not some "primitive" hunter-gatherer ring-of-stones fire pit.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 02:52 PM

Sep 2018

Considering how long modern humans have existed - with fully modern brains - it's amusing how we are so often surprised when they do something sophisticated - me included.

Especially when it's something that most modern Americans don't know how to do (think of the circle of people you know & ratio how many actually have knowledge & experience making bread from scratch).

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Archaeologists discover bread that predates agriculture by 4,000 years [View all] left-of-center2012 Sep 2018 OP

Fascinating. K&R and thanks! nt tblue37 Sep 2018 #1

Ok, so where did they get the peanut butter and jelly? underpants Sep 2018 #2

Maybe they used honey? left-of-center2012 Sep 2018 #4

K&R nt lillypaddle Sep 2018 #3

That's...not some "primitive" hunter-gatherer ring-of-stones fire pit. Crash2Parties Sep 2018 #5

Bad cooks proven to exist 14,400 years ago. tclambert Sep 2018 #6

Bread. The root of all evil. SunSeeker Sep 2018 #7