Mummified brains show cocaine arrived in Europe far earlier than we thought
Mummified brains show cocaine arrived in Europe far earlier than we thought
www.popsci.com Mummified brains show cocaine arrived in Europe far earlier than we thought
Italians used coca leaves by at least the 17th century.
Link to study the article is based on:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440324001080?via%3Dihub#abs0015
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That's fascinating. I love reading about these little random discoveries that change the collective thinking on a historical topic, like when Norse artifacts were discovered on North America's east coast and we learned that the Norse had beaten Columbus to the punch by 400 years.
Yeah, they just didn't have a flag.
Suzy Eddie Izzard, is that you?
Medieval crackheads.