Once humans discovered how to cook using a stone, the step to pizza was a short one. Yes, the origins of this food, which has become the trademark of Italian cuisine (Neapolitan in particular), goes all the way back to prehistory, with some believing it all began during the Neolithic Period.

Did pizza originate in the East?

In the Near East, when agriculture was still new, humans figured out that cooking a wet dough of roasted and ground cereals or unleavened bread on a stone was a good way to get something tasty and original to eat.