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Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in 25,000-Year-Old Teeth

Image by Fakhri "Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in Really Old Teeth" may sound like odd headline language, at least by the traditional standards of the New York Times. "Archaeologists have pushed the timeline of human drug use back further than ever before […]

Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in 25,000-Year-Old Teeth

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Image by Fakhri "Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in Really Old Teeth" may sound like odd headline language, at least by the traditional standards of the New York Times.

"Archaeologists have pushed the timeline of human drug use back further than ever before […]

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Image by Fakhri "Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in Really Old Teeth" may sound like odd headline language, at least by the traditional standards of the New York Times. "Archaeologists have pushed the timeline of human drug use back further than ever before […] Then, the teeth in question are, indeed, really old.

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Then, the teeth in question are, indeed, really old.

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