Siberian tomb yields the earliest proof of cannabis use, nearly 3,000 years old
Earliest evidence of cannabis use found in ancient Siberian tomb
Researchers found more than 1,400 cannabis seeds and preserved human hair inside an elite tomb in Siberia's Uyuk Valley, dated to around 2,800 years ago during the early Scythian period. Mass spectrometry showed the hair contained THC and cannabinol — direct molecular evidence that people consumed the plant for its psychoactive effects. The team, led by Gino Caspari of the University of Bern, says the find pushes the known history of mind-altering cannabis use back roughly 300 years and suggests a ritual role.
It is even rarer to find them in combination with human soft tissue like hair, which essentially allows us to drug test a person who has been dead for three millennia.
- an0malous
> Caspari added that the team are now sequencing the ancient DNA of the seeds they found at the site.
This would sell
- timedude
This could have been used for medical purposes. I don't see what evidence they present for their claims of people using it to het high specifically.
- DivingForGold
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- bajard
Cannabis traces have also been found in ancient Egyptian mummies, many millennia before Columbus, despite being an American plant.
- npc99
nice