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Forget Beer: Ice Age Hunters Were Getting High 12,000 Years Earlier — With Betel Nuts

Two skeletons from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi had something strange going on in their mouths. Not cavities. Not the usual wear from a tough diet. Deep, rounded grooves cut into the teeth — a pattern no archaeologist had documented before, and one nobody could explain. The answer, published in Science Advances, pushes the known […]

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Antes de la cerveza y mucho antes de la agricultura: así se drogaban los cazadores de la Edad de Hielo

Dos esqueletos hallados en la isla indonesia de Sulawesi tenían algo raro en la boca. No eran caries, ni el desgaste habitual de una dieta dura. Eran unos surcos profundos y redondeados en los dientes, un patrón que ningún arqueólogo había visto antes y que nadie sabía explicar. La respuesta, publicada en la revista Science […]

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Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in Really Old Teeth

A hunter-gatherer who lived in Indonesia as early as 25,000 years ago may have regularly sucked on betel nuts to release their psychoactive properties.
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Echan más carbono al día que un país entero: los incendios bajo el suelo de Indonesia que no se pueden apagar

Al secarse por El Niño, las turberas de Indonesia liberan bajo tierra más carbono que economías enteras. ¿Cómo es posible que un fuego subterráneo sin llamas resulte tan destructor?
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Ornithologists Describe New Bird Species from Remote Indonesian Islands

The cheerful fantail (Rhipidura laguceria) in November 2022. Image credit: James A. Eaton.

A small songbird inhabiting the Babar Islands, in the Banda Sea, Indonesia, has been identified as a new species after a duo of researchers discovered that its distinctive song sets it apart from its closest relative.

The post Ornithologists Describe New Bird Species from Remote Indonesian Islands appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

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