Betel nut - World's oldest known drug habit dates back to Ice Age
Why the open web links it
Archaeologists trace the use of betel nut, a stimulant, back to 25,000 years ago, revealing early human use of mind-altering substances.
Linked by 5 independent sites, 2 of them widely read in the 2026-10 crawl of the open web, including popsci.com, miragenews.com, historia.ro, osel.cz, sflorg.com.