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[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wouldn’t there be other possible plants that would provide the same alkaloid compounds?

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

That was what I thought until I reached this part with a link to another paper.

Charred capsules of Datura stramonium were recovered in a Middle Bronze Age ritual pit at Prats, Andorra, ca. 1600 BCE

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 2 points 1 month ago

Ohhh daaaaam!!

[–] Hoimo@ani.social 1 points 1 month ago

But if it was growing in Europe at that time, wouldn't it be all over the place and be in books in the Middle Ages? Unless the Bronze Agers somehow smoked all of it.