Old habits die hard: Utah site reveals human tobacco use 12,300 years ago

Until now, the earliest documented use of tobacco dated to 3,300 years ago. This discovery traces it to the Ice Ace

12 October 2021 - 20:57 By WILL DUNHAM

Scientists have unearthed evidence of a milestone in human culture - the earliest-known use of tobacco - in the remnants of a hearth built by early inhabitants of North America’s interior about 12,300 years ago...

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