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Cavemen Were Stoners

They rocked in stone-age in 'religious trances'

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(Newser) – Prehistoric man apparently liked to get stoned in the Stone Age, scientists have discovered. Researchers found paraphernalia on a Caribbean island used to prepare hallucinogenic drugs for sniffing, dating back to prehistoric high times, reports the Telegraph. Experts believe the ceramic bowls and tubers were used to inhale cohoba, used by South American tribes as early as 400BC, possibly for religious trances.

Researchers found prehistoric drug paraphernalia on the island of Carriacou.
Researchers found prehistoric drug paraphernalia on the island of Carriacou.   (Shutterstock)
Prehistoric man did hallucinogens, new evidence suggests.
Prehistoric man did hallucinogens, new evidence suggests.   (Shutterstock)
The drug the prehistoric people used may have been cohoba, made from mimosa beans.
The drug the prehistoric people used may have been cohoba, made from mimosa beans.   (Shutterstock)
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