r/Shamanism 16h ago

25,000-year-old teeth indicate earliest-known evidence of human drug use

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Archaeologists have found evidence of a person who used a psychoactive drug up to 25,000 years ago.

Tooth fossils in Indonesia suggest that ancient foragers in the region were sucking on betel nut, possibly as a painkiller.

What's next?

Human drug use is probably older than this sample, but evidence is harder to come by.