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World's oldest evidence of habitual drug use traced back 25,000 years to Indonesia
ABC News Australia Top Stories and The Sun UK describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedHunter-gatherers from the last ice age sucked on betel nuts to soothe their toothaches, a new study reveals.
The headline splitLive Science frames it as "World's oldest evidence of habitual drug use traced back 25,000 years to Indonesia". New Scientist frames it as "Earliest evidence of habitual drug use found in teeth in Indonesia".
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CenterWorld's oldest evidence of habitual drug use traced back 25,000 years to Indonesia
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Right / center-rightCavemen from 25,000 years ago were ‘first human drug users’ and got buzz from sucking on wild nuts
Cavemen from 25,000 years ago were ‘first human drug users’ and got buzz from sucking on wild nuts
CAVEMEN who got a buzz from sucking on wild nuts are thought to have been the first human drug users — 25,000 years ago in the Ice Age. Archaeologists found ancient communities used betel n...
Earliest evidence of habitual drug use found in teeth in Indonesia
Strange, rounded grooves in prehistoric teeth are thought to have been made by regularly sucking whole betel nuts to extract a pain-relieving compound. This marks the earliest known example...
