Bone Stuffed With Henbane First Solid Evidence of The Plant’s Use as a Drug : ScienceAlert
An ancient bone dating back thousands of years is the first solid evidence that humans in Europe were collecting and storing a powerful and dangerous drug.Deliberately hollowed out and plugged with birch tar, the bone – originally from a sheep or goat – was found to contain a large number of seeds of a plant called black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger).A trio of researchers from Germany and the Netherlands have argued the plant material was being kept for a specific purpose.In even small doses, black henbane, common…