Scientists have discovered a tribe of modern-day hunter gatherers smoked cannabis to ward off parasites - suggesting ancient humans may also have had a taste for the high life.
The Aka people are a pygmy tribe from the Congo Basin, living a life of foraging which is little different from our ancestors.
But more than half of the men have a cannabis habit which would put Snoop Doggy Dogg to shame.
"In the same way we have a taste for salt, we might have a taste for psychoactive plant toxins, because these things kill parasites," said Dr. Edward Hagen, who published a report on his research in the American Journal of Human Biology.
He found tribespeople who used cannabis had a lower rate of infection from parasitic worms, suggesting they "unconsciously" used the drug medicinally-read more
Sunday, 7 August 2016
Cannabis cavemen: Did our ancestors smoke weed back in the Stoned Age?
Scientists have discovered a tribe of modern-day hunter gatherers smoked cannabis to ward off parasites - suggesting ancient humans may also have had a taste for the high life.
The Aka people are a pygmy tribe from the Congo Basin, living a life of foraging which is little different from our ancestors.
But more than half of the men have a cannabis habit which would put Snoop Doggy Dogg to shame.
"In the same way we have a taste for salt, we might have a taste for psychoactive plant toxins, because these things kill parasites," said Dr. Edward Hagen, who published a report on his research in the American Journal of Human Biology.
He found tribespeople who used cannabis had a lower rate of infection from parasitic worms, suggesting they "unconsciously" used the drug medicinally-read more
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