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Four Millennia Old Noodles Found In China

Posted by Zonk on from the i'll-have-some-takout dept.

mollten writes "According to BBC News, the world's oldest noodles have been found at the Lajia site in China. Carbon Dating has found the remains to be over 4000 years old." From the article: "Prior to the discovery of noodles at Lajia, the earliest written record of noodles is traced to a book written during the East Han Dynasty sometime between AD 25 and 220, although it remained a subject of debate whether the Chinese, the Italians, or the Arabs invented it first ... Our discovery indicates that noodles were first produced in China."

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  1. As Carlos Mencia would say... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Why the f*** is this news?

  2. Carbon dating is inaccurate by LeonGeeste · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It has routinely overestimated the age of various items. It said a 200-year old painting was 10,000 years old, and a just-dead baby seal was 200 years old. It's gotten to the point where if an independent scientific team wants to date dinosaur remains in a museum, their results aren't considered "right" unless they match the initial team's finding. Reproducibility my ass.

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  3. Proof that these Noodles are Jesus Christ by Jackie_Chan_Fan · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Cause I said so.