Researchers uncover evidence that betel nut - one of the world’s most widely used psychoactive substances - was consumed in Indonesia up to 25,000 years ago. By combining archaeological and biochemical analysis, the team identified distinctive tooth wear and traces of arecoline in ancient human remains from Sulawesi.

Analysis of two skeletons reveals tooth wear and traces of psychoactive substance in what may be earliest known evidence for human drug taking

Un equipo de investigadores ha hallado pruebas de la succión repetida de nueces de betel enteras en dos cazadores-recolectores de la isla de Célebes (Sulawesi), mucho antes de la…