Australia’s desert Aborigines seem to have been making bread for at least 10,000 years.

Photo by Rusty Stewart.

However the archaeological record shows it only became a common practice about 2,000 years ago.

The latest research shows the key factor here was mobility.

People needing to stay in the same place for weeks at a time to preform ceremonies made bread because they did not have time to travel to new hunting grounds.

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