Megan Garber writes that the UK’s national science academy released a list of the 20 most significant inventions in the history of food and drink. Highlights include:

• Ovens. They were first used in 29,000 BC. To cook mammoths.
• Alcohol is important to the British. Three of the items – fermentation, corks, and the barrel – were on the list in part due to their contribution to the production and sale of alcohol.
• Selective breeding. It allowed us to naturally genetically engineer crops and animals to better fit our requirements.
• Refrigeration. The number one invention on the list. It allowed us to preserve food, nutrition and…beer.

Read the entire list here, and find out where the spork stands.

Source: The Atlantic