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jungles_fury t1_ixos445 wrote

Reply to comment by Paltenburg in Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers used culinary seasoning in food preparation, according to analysis of the oldest charred food remains ever found by marketrent

I thought that had already been established? That and traces of starchy vegetables have been found at multiple sites

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Paltenburg t1_ixpmc7v wrote

Maybe I was confused with the oldest forms of cultivated grain.

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dumnezero t1_iy03uy2 wrote

Domestication of grains required existing use and knowledge of grains. You can't assume that there were government funded research projects on plant breeding to direct a long-term plan for making grains bigger and better.

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