Discovered the world's oldest bread baked in Jordan from 14,500 years ago

The archaeological project in eastern Jordan has made many interesting discoveries, especially the oldest known bread in the world.

The remains of a piece of toast about 14,500 years ago in a stone fireplace at an archaeological site in northeastern Jordan surprised the researchers. Humans have made bread - an important food - thousands of years before starting agricultural development.

This relic shows that hunter-gatherers in the Eastern Mediterranean know how to make bread much earlier than previously speculated, more than 4,000 years before planting.

Ruins of a 14,500-year-old bread in Jordan - (Photo: Lara Gonzales Carratero).

The research shows that this piece of bread is not fermented and somewhat similar to pita bread made from wild grains like barley, oats or a type of blade.

Amaia Arranz-Otaegui, a researcher at the University of Copenhagen, said: 'The presence of bread at a place at this time point is very special'. So far, it is still thought to be the product of early agricultural societies that grow grain and beans. The oldest evidence of bread dates back to 9,100 years ago in Turkey.

Arranz-Otaegui said: 'Now we have to reevaluate the relationship between bread production and agriculture. Maybe bread has become the driving force for primitive people to plant and cultivate. "

Archaeologists from the University of Copenhagen and Tobias Richter co-author have pointed out the nutritional effects of adding bread to the diet. Bread provides humans with an important source of carbohydrates and nutrients, including vitamin B, iron, magnesium, and fiber.

Arranz-Otaegui said researchers began the process of trying to reproduce this particular type of bread according to prehistoric formulas. But the taste doesn't seem so good.'You are very stupid and salty. But a bit sweet , ' Arranz-Otaegui commented.