A New Find In An Ancient Camp Site, In Northern Utah, Indicates That Humans Used Tobacco ~9000 Years Earlier Than Thought. The Find, Charred Tobacco Plant Seeds, Indicates Hunter-Gatherers, In Utah Desert, Smoked The Plant About 12,300 Years. The Earliest Evidence Until Now Was A 3,300-Year-Old Smoking Pipe Discovered In Alabama.
HumansThe charred seeds suggest that people used tobacco over 12,000 years ago—much earlier than previously thought