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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1577/
- Published: 2026-09-10T18:30:16.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-10T18:30:15.000Z
- Description: One of the fossils is dated between 16,000 and 25,000 years old, making it the oldest known example of human drug use by at least 3000 years.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> Betel nut, one of the most commonly used drugs in the world, appears to have an ancient history.  
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> Fossilised remains of two people, found by archaeologists on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, carry traces of the psychoactive substance in their jaws.  
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> One of the fossils is dated between 16,000 and 25,000 years old, making it the oldest known example of human drug use by at least 3000 years.  
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> The discovery was published today in the journal Science Advances.  
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> Adam Brumm, the study’s lead author and an archaeologist at Griffith University, said the two people probably sucked on betel nuts like “gobstoppers”.  
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> Professor Brumm, who tried the method himself, said it numbed the mouth.  
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> “I suspect that was the effect that they were after,” he said.  
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> RNZ

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