AdvertisementStone Age Britons Were Eating Wheat 2,000 Years Before They Farmed ItFebruary 27, 2015Chris JoycefacebookEmailA field of unharvested wheat is seen in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, England, in 2012. Wheat wasn't cultivated in Britain until some 6,000 years ago, but DNA evidence suggests early Britons were eating the grain at least 8,000 years ago. (Reuters/Landov)