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25,000 Years Ago, the Earliest Human Drug Use May Have Occurred on This Small Island

What may be the earliest known evidence of human drug use suggests that it occurred 25,000 years ago, according to new research.

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Spacing Out in the Pleistocene? Researchers Find Evidence of ‘Drug Use’ Among 25,000-Year-Old Hunter-Gatherers.

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…

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25,000 Years Ago, the Earliest Human Drug Use May Have Occurred on This Small Island

What may be the earliest known evidence of human drug use suggests that it occurred 25,000 years ago, according to new research.

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Drug Use May Have Begun 25,000 Years Ago in Indonesia

Evidence suggests that betel nuts were used as drugs by some Indonesian communities.

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25,000-year-old teeth may reveal the world’s earliest evidence of drug use

Strange grooves and drug residues in prehistoric teeth reveal a psychoactive habit that may predate farming by more than 10,000 years.

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25,000 Years Ago, the Earliest Human Drug Use May Have Occurred on This Small Island

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Spacing Out in the Pleistocene? Researchers Find Evidence of ‘Drug Use’ Among 25,000-Year-Old Hunter-Gatherers.

25,000 Years Ago, the Earliest Human Drug Use May Have Occurred on This Small Island

Drug Use May Have Begun 25,000 Years Ago in Indonesia

25,000-year-old teeth may reveal the world’s earliest evidence of drug use

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