Indonesian foragers may have sucked on mind-altering nuts 25,000 years ago
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“Archaeologists found evidence of ancient tooth wear and psychoactive substances in human remains from Sulawesi, suggesting foragers were using mind-altering betel nuts 25,000 years ago.”
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