Origins of Inebriation Revealed

Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 08:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

In prehistoric Eurasia, drugs and alcohol were originally reserved for ritual ceremonies, and weren't used merely to satisfy hedonistic motives, research suggests. They used alcohol and psychoactive plants to communicate with the spiritual world.

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