6,000-Year-Old Earth Ovens Discovered In Washington State

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3. That's about the time they found them in N. Africa

and elsewhere, although the oldest documented oven remains are in Israel, dating to at least 23,000 years ago, people seemingly processing and baking grains before they started to cultivate them.

I imagine before that, people who couldn't face another day of cream of whatever heated up a flat rock and sloshed the stuff over it. The heat from the rock causes steam to bubble up the "bread" and release it. I've actually seen this one done.

It's always a little amazing to me how early that first recognizable oven was, and I know archaeologists are trying to push the date back to 30,000 years ago. Looks like our paleolithic ancestors not only enjoyed carbs, they knew the best ways to prepare them.