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 […]

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 […]

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.