Japan unearths mammoth ovens
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The theory would indicate that the ancient inhabitants of Japan had a high degree of culinary sophistication, said the education board official in Numazu, west of Tokyo, where the ruins of the ovens were found. To date, people of that era were believed to have eaten meat raw, barbecued over flames or smoked, he said.
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