56-Million-Year-Old Fossil May Be The World’s Oldest Cannabis Plant By About 30 Million Years

56-Million-Year-Old Fossil May Be The World’s Oldest Cannabis Plant By About 30 Million Years

It also comes from a completely unexpected part of the world.

56-Million-Year-Old Fossil Found in Germany May Be Oldest Known Cannabis Plant

The Marijuana Herald - Marijuana news and information (Photo credit: Ludwig Luthardt/Museum fur Naturkunde). A fossil discovered in Germany may be the oldest known cannabis-related plant ever identified, potentially pushing the timeline of the genus back by about 30 million years. The fossilized leaf, dated to between 56 million and 48 million years ago, was found in the Saxony-Anhalt region of Germany and is now being highlighted as a possible …