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Oldest noodles unearthed in China

from BBC news

Radiocarbon dating of the material taken from the Lajia archaeological site on the Yellow River indicates the food was about 4,000 years old.

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The discovery goes a long way to settling the old argument over who first created the string-like food.

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Exactly how long has this argument been going on, and has anybody been killed? This is what I'd like to know.