Chinese villagers could have been raising a pint 5,000 years ago, according to new research. Archaeologists studying vessels unearthed in the Shaanxi province of China say they’ve uncovered beer-making equipment dating from between 3400 and 2900 BC – an era known as the late Yangshao period – and figured out the recipe to boot. The discovery marks the earliest known evidence of barley being used in China, suggesting that the crop arrived in the country around 1,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Archaeologists discover 5,000-year-old beer recipe
