Ancient Humans Eat It Already Bread

So far, experts believe early humans from the old stone age or paleolitikum are meat eaters. However, recent findings reveal the bread and grain mill was already known at the time.

Research published in jurnalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesitu uncover ancient man already processing the grains of wheat since 30,000 years ago. Grains are milled and made ​​flatbread or bread without yeast.

This is evidenced by the discovery of the remnants of flour paste on the stone tools are expected to function as a mortar and pestle. The tools were scattered at several ancient sites in Italy, Russia and the Czech Republic.

Quoted dariNews.com.au on Wednesday (20/10/2010), the researchers estimate at that time not only of flour and bread made ​​from wheat. Other carbohydrate sources such as ferns and bog plants are also processed into flatbread.

"The size and morphology of starch a very diverse show that wheat-flour was made ​​not just from one plant alone, each treated with different goals," said the researchers.

To examine the wheat-flour, the researchers conducted a microscopic observation of the stone tools were found. The function of the equipment was also digitally reconstructed to estimate their respective functions.

Old stone age or paleolitikum an ancient human civilization is characterized by the ability to hunt and gather food on the simplest level. Man in those days was made ​​of stone tools, animal bones and deer antlers.