One of Humanity’s Oldest Drug Habits
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Two skeletons found in Sulawesi, Indonesia, show dental wear pattern compatible with the habit of roer areca nuts. They are the oldest traces of the world of drug use.
Berliner Morgenpost
Two skeletal findings on Sulawesi show that people used psychoactive substances 25,000 years ago – much earlier than long thought.
Scientists have found evidence that humans were using mind-altering herbal substances long before the advent of agriculture, and traces of it are literally etched into the teeth of our ancestors.
A new study carried out by several scientists called into question what was thought to be known about the use of psychoactive substances. Man would have started taking 25,000 years ago.
An analysis of bones found in Indonesia changed what was believed so far, as the first evidence to be found was from the Neolithic or Bronze Age.
Archaeologists have found evidence of human use of psychoactive substances on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi 25,000 years ago, much earlier than previously known.
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