25,000 Years Ago, the Earliest Human Drug Use May Have Occurred on This Small Island
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A study conducted in Australia has revealed that the use of stimulant substances may date back 25,000 years.
Ancient Sulawesi Teeth Reveal Early Human Use of Areca Nut
The assumption that altering consciousness is a byproduct of settled, agricultural societies has been challenged by evidence from Sulawesi. Findings from the Late Pleistocene indicate that hunter-gatherers used psychoactive stimulants thousands of years before the first breweries appeared in the Levant, shifting the timeline of substance use deep into the Paleolithic. The focus of the research is the areca nut (Areca catechu), containing the alk…
Archaeology: Hunter-gatherers on Sulawesi may have been sucking on a prehistoric candy as early as about 25,000 years ago: the betel nut. Drug use…
Research: Evidence of stimulant use dates back 25,000 years; new findings on history, archaeology, and human behavior. 🚆
In Indonesia, archaeologists find evidence of the world's oldest drug use 25,000 years ago. Everything about the discovery and use of betel nuts.
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