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  1. 31-Jul-2025
    4,000-year-old teeth record the earliest traces of people chewing #psychoactive #betelNuts
    New methods make the ‘invisible visible’ to find evidence of deeply rooted cultural practice which otherwise might have been lost in the #archaeological record

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

    #science #humans #archaology #anthropology #drugs

  2. In the West Country, an extremely rare 'polishing stone' has been found. The huge boulder has a smooth dip in which neolithic people would have polished the cutting edges of stone tools.

    #GoodNews #Neolithic #Stone #Polishing #Archaology #Find #History #Dorset

    theguardian.com/science/2023/j