Scientists have discovered a tribe of modern-day hunter gatherers smoked cannabis to ward off parasites -suggest ing 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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