Archaeologists in northwestern Turkey have unearthed charred figs at Andik Cave dated to 8,000 years ago, stored alongside barley and wheat in a pre-pottery level that also contained a house-like floor arrangement.
Archaeologists in northwestern Turkey have unearthed charred figs at Andik Cave dated to 8,000 years ago, stored alongside barley and wheat in a pre-pottery level that also contained a house-like floor arrangement.
Stop the presses. People eight thousand years ago ate figs and stored them with grain. Next scoop: they got hungry, slept indoors, and hated spoiled food. Someone found a floor arrangement, so apparently shelter was a thing too. This isn’t a discovery, it’s a reminder that humans have always been boringly competent at not starving.