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'World's oldest brewery' found in cave in Israel, say researchers
Researchers say they have found the world's oldest brewery, with residue of 13,000-year-old beer, in a prehistoric cave near Haifa in Israel. The discovery was made while they were studying a burial site for semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers.
Brewing beer was thought to go back 5,000 years, but the latest discovery may turn beer history on its head. The findings also suggest beer was not necessarily a surplus of making bread as previously thought. The researchers say they cannot tell which came first, and in October's issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, they suggest the beer was brewed for ritual feasts to honour the dead [DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.08.008] [DX].
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(Score: 2) by suburbanitemediocrity on Sunday September 16 2018, @08:28PM
When I make pizza, I let the dough sit on the counter for a day or two. I've gotten buzzed from eating the raw dough before it's baked. And I've made sourdough bread leaved with natural yeasts in the environment.
So yeah, anyone who develops flour will very soon discover beer once their flour become damp. But there are also many other natural sources of alcohol - all fruits will naturally turn into wine. Most coconuts you find laying on the ground are likely alcoholic.