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Stone Age man took drugs, say University scientists
#10116698 - 04/06/09 12:46 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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They found ceramic bowls, as well as tubes for inhaling drug fumes or powders, which appear to have originated in South America between 100BC and 400BC and were then carried 400 miles to the islands.
archeologist from North Carolina State University, made the breakthrough on the Caribbean island of Carriacou.
They found ceramic bowls, as well as tubes for inhaling drug fumes or powders, which appear to have originated in South America between 100BC and 400BC and were then carried 400 miles to the islands.
While the use of such paraphernalia for inhaling drugs is well-known, the age of the bowls has thrown new light on how long humans have been taking drugs.
Scientists believe that the drug being used was cohoba, a hallucinogen made from the beans of a mimosa species. Drugs such as cannabis were not found in the Caribbean then.
Opiates can be obtained from species such as poppies, while fungi, which was widespread, may also have been used.
Archeologists have suggested that humans were extracting mind-expanding drugs from mescal beans and peyote cacti as far back as 5,000 years ago, but have not found direct evidence that this is true.
They consider that drugs were being used to induce spiritual or trance-like states by people who had religious beliefs.
http:////www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3225729/Stone-Age-man-took-drugs-say-scientists.html
http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/2008/10/19/
http://www.twine.com/item/11k4g4yb6-hv/prehistoric-drug-kit-is-evidence-of-stoned-age-times-online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article4969360.ece
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Re: Stone Age man took drugs, say University scientists [Re: xxjokerxx1]
#10116733 - 04/06/09 12:52 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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ha most people would be surprised by this. we haven't really changed much
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Re: Stone Age man took drugs, say University scientists [Re: ChiefGreenLeaf]
#10116774 - 04/06/09 01:02 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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ChiefGreenLeaf said: ha most people would be surprised by this. we haven't really changed much
I think you'd be surprised to know how many people are aware of this fact and say "that's why we're not savages anymore".
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Re: Stone Age man took drugs, say University scientists [Re: MushroomTrip]
#10117486 - 04/06/09 03:16 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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From an essay I wrote:
Author Graham Hancock hypothesizes that the discovery of psychoactive substances by human beings some 40,000 years ago would have “exploded like incendiary bombs in the dull, somnolent, utilitarian minds of the anatomically modern but behaviorally archaic humans… demolishing rigid mental structures… jumpstarting the intellectual and cultural evolution of our species” (228). Hancock also notes the statistical evidence that a small percentage, 1-2% of the human population, has the ability to spontaneous fall into trance and mystical states without the aid of “psychoactive plants or the physical methods of trance induction such as rhythmic dancing or drumming” (229). The weight of such experiences would have had little influence on society, just as their medieval and modern counterparts did, fairies and alien abduction phenomenon respectively (Hancock 229). Ergo, although some humans were having such experiences for perhaps hundreds of thousands of years, it wasn’t until these experiences went mainstream in the form of ingested and smoked plants that the profound shift in consciousness occurred. It is important to note that these mystical states of consciousness can be achieved by anyone entirely without the aid of psychedelics, through meditation, trance, and other means such as shamanic ecstasy.
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Re: Stone Age man took drugs, say University scientists [Re: xxjokerxx1]
#10117889 - 04/06/09 04:32 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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They found ceramic bowls, as well as tubes for inhaling drug fumes or powders, which appear to have originated in South America between 100BC and 400BC and were then carried 400 miles to the islands.
Geez the stone age came pretty late to the new world...
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Re: Stone Age man took drugs, say University scientists [Re: zouden]
#10117899 - 04/06/09 04:34 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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The stoned age.
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Re: Stone Age man took drugs, say University scientists [Re: xxjokerxx1]
#10118778 - 04/06/09 07:11 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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400 B.C. is not even close to the Stone Age.
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Re: Stone Age man took drugs, say University scientists [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#10119783 - 04/06/09 09:27 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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Doesn't really supprise me at all.
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They consider that drugs were being used to induce spiritual or trance-like states by people who had religious beliefs.
no shit, sherlock.
Related: look at these dudes. BBC doco series, the presenter does virola snuff with a sth american tribe.
Start from about 4:30
The one where bruce parry does iboga with an africa tribe is also interesting. I wonder how long and how many tribes knew of this plant's crazy properties.
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xxjokerxx1
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Re: Stone Age man took drugs, say University scientists [Re: flangenips]
#10121842 - 04/07/09 08:13 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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flangenips said: Doesn't really supprise me at all.
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They consider that drugs were being used to induce spiritual or trance-like states by people who had religious beliefs.
no shit, sherlock.
Related: look at these dudes. BBC doco series, the presenter does virola snuff with a sth american tribe.
Start from about 4:30
The one where bruce parry does iboga with an africa tribe is also interesting. I wonder how long and how many tribes knew of this plant's crazy properties.
that's an awesome video thanks
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