Prehistory: Hunter-gatherers consumed betel 15,000 years ago

Researchers identified traces of betel nuts on the teeth of two hunter-gatherers in Sulawesi.

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This discovery pushes back the known date of the first drug consumption by several millennia.

It sheds light on the cultural practices of prehistoric societies in Southeast Asia.

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