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Seeds, preserved hair in tomb point to oldest signs of cannabis high 2,800 years ago, study suggests
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A new study suggests people were using cannabis for psychoactive purposes at least 2,800 years ago. Archaeologists found evidence in a Siberian tomb, indicating cannabis use 300 years earlier than previously known in China.
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Cannabis is one of the most commonly used psychoactive plants today. However, it is difficult to determine archaeologically how cannabis was used in prehistoric times. Plant parts such as flowers, leaves and resins are perishable and therefore rarely survive.
By Jack Guy (CNN) — Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence of people consuming cannabis for psychoactive purposes in a tomb dating back almost 3,000 years, according to a new study. Researchers found preserved cannabis seeds and human hair at the monumental elite tomb in southern Siberia, l…
More than 1,000 cannabis seeds and THC-linked traces in hair from a 2,800-year-old Siberian Scythian tomb are the oldest reported evidence of psychoactive cannabis use, a Science study says.
Archaeologists found trace evidence of cannabis use in braided hair samples recovered from an 8th century BCE burial mound in Siberia’s “Valley of the Kings.” They also found a lot of seeds.
A new study suggests people were using cannabis for psychoactive purposes at least 2,800 years ago. Archaeologists found evidence in a Siberian tomb, indicating cannabis use 300 years earlier than previously known in China.
Archaeologists who led a dig at a monumental tomb in Siberia said they turned up evidence of the earliest known use of cannabis for psychoactive purposes.
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