Ecuadorean discovery suggests chocolate is 1,500 years older than once thought

Monday, October 29, 2018 - 16:10 in Paleontology & Archaeology

People have been enjoying chocolate far longer than previously known, according to research published on Monday detailing the domestication and use of cacao beginning 5,300 years ago at an ancient settlement in the highlands of southeastern Ecuador.

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