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Hace 2.500 años la gente fumaba marihuana

Tumba hallada en China demuestra el consumo humano del cannabis

In this photo recieved by AFP on June 11, 2019 from the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, an excavated tomb, located  northeast of Qushiman Village in the Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang province, is displayed. - At a burial site high in the Pamir Mountains, music from an ancient harp and the smell of burning cannabis and juniper incense fill the air, part of an elaborate ceremony to commune with the divine -- or the deceased.  These rituals took place 2,500 years ago and represent the oldest known use of marijuana for its psychoactive properties, according to scientists who analyzed archeological remains at the Jirzankal Cemetery in China�s western Xinjiang province using forensic technology. Their findings were published in the journal Science Advances on Wednesday and place cannabis among the growing number of crops researchers believe evolved along the Silk Road, said Robert Spengler, one of the study�s authors and its lead archaeobotanist. (Photo by Xinhua Wu / Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences/ Xinhua WU" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS == NO ARCHIVE / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ISSAM AHMED - "High spirits: study finds cannabis first used in C. Asian funerals"
In this photo recieved by AFP on June 11, 2019 from the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, an excavated tomb, located northeast of Qushiman Village in the Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang province, is displayed. - At a burial site high in the Pamir Mountains, music from an ancient harp and the smell of burning cannabis and juniper incense fill the air, part of an elaborate ceremony to commune with the divine -- or the deceased. These rituals took place 2,500 years ago and represent the oldest known use of marijuana for its psychoactive properties, according to scientists who analyzed archeological remains at the Jirzankal Cemetery in China�s western Xinjiang province using forensic technology. Their findings were published in the journal Science Advances on Wednesday and place cannabis among the growing number of crops researchers believe evolved along the Silk Road, said Robert Spengler, one of the study�s authors and its lead archaeobotanist. (Photo by Xinhua Wu / Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences/ Xinhua WU" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS == NO ARCHIVE / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ISSAM AHMED - "High spirits: study finds cannabis first used in C. Asian funerals" XINHUA WU
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