BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
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Our ancestors were having raves in Balearic caves 3000 years ago according to a new study:

"People were taking drugs in Spain 3,000 years ago, study finds

(...) Scientists say that hair from a burial site in Menorca shows that ancient human civilisations used drugs derived from plants and bushes.

It is believed to be Europe's oldest direct evidence of people taking hallucinogenic drugs.

They would have induced delirium and hallucinations, researchers found.
(...)
Along with atropine and scopolamine, which induce hallucinations, scientists found ephedrine, which boosts energy and alertness.

Researchers also noted that containers were found in the cave with spiral motifs carved on the lids. Some scholars, the report said, have considered this to represent a person's "altered states of consciousness" while under the influence of hallucinogens."

πŸ”—: bbc.com/news/world-europe-6521

#hallucinogenicdrugs #hallucinogens #druguse #anthropology #Spain

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Mensen in Spanje gebruikten 3.000 jaar geleden al hallucinerende drugs


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#europe #bronzeage #hallucinogenicdrugs

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