Indonesian foragers consumed psychoactive nuts 25,000 years ago

Skeleton analyses reveal Indonesian foragers used betel nuts 25,000 years ago.

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These traces represent the earliest known evidence of human drug use.

Betel nuts remain one of the most widely consumed psychoactive substances today.

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