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Over 14,000-Year-Old Bread Discovered At Archaeological Site In Jordan

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Do you ever go to make a sandwich, only to realize your bread was a little stale?

Don't feel too bad because a 14,400-year-old loaf of flatbread was found at an archaeological site in Jordan's Black Desert.

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What makes this even more interesting is that this was 4,000 years before farming was known to be common.

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