Did Ancient Humans Smoke?

#AncientHumans #Tobacco #HumanHistory Did Ancient Humans Smoke? Did ancient humans smoke, and how far back does tobacco really go? Four tiny burned seeds, found in an old campfire in the Utah desert, pushed the history of tobacco back by almost 9,000 years. 12,300 years ago, at the end of the Ice Age, hunters roasting ducks by a marsh were already using wild tobacco, long before pipes, cigars or cigarettes existed. In this video, we follow tobacco from that Ice Age fire to sacred Native American ceremonies, to Columbus's sailors in Cuba, and finally to 1700s London, where doctors used tobacco smoke in a very unexpected way to revive drowning people. All research and sources are linked below. ⏱️ CHAPTERS: 0:00 A 12,300-Year-Old Campfire 0:55 The Biggest Myth About Smoking 1:15 Living With Smoke Every Day 1:35 The Gene That Fooled Scientists 2:25 The Wishbone Site Discovery 3:57 Why Chew Tobacco? 4:33 The Plant That Hooks You 4:53 Tobacco in the Ancient Americas 5:10 A Sacred Plant 5:26 1492: The World Finds Out 5:54 The Tobacco Smoke Enema 6:48 Back to the Ice Age Fire 7:29 Myths About Ancient Smoking 📚 RESEARCH & SOURCES: ▸ Earliest evidence for human use of tobacco in the Pleistocene Americas. Duke et al., 2021, Nature Human Behaviour. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-... Four charred tobacco seeds in a 12,300-year-old hearth at the Wishbone site, Utah. ▸ A unique mutation in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in modern humans. Hubbard et al., 2016, Molecular Biology and Evolution. https://www.psu.edu/news/research/sto... The claim that modern humans handled smoke better than Neanderthals. ▸ Neanderthals could tolerate smoke. Aarts et al., 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution. https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/... A retest with human cells found no real difference. ▸ Early tobacco smoking in North America. Carmody, Davis, Russ et al., 2018, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. https://news.rhodes.edu/stories/prof-... A 3,500-year-old pipe with traces of nicotine. ▸ Saving lives with a puff of smoke. Science Museum, London. https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/sav... The 1774 Royal Humane Society rescue kits and the tobacco smoke enema. ▸ Rodrigo de Jerez and the first European smokers. https://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Rodrig... The famous prison story, and why it can't be confirmed. ———————————————————— PEOPLE & SITES MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: ▸ Daron Duke, archaeologist ▸ Benjamin Brodie, surgeon (1811) ▸ Christopher Columbus and Rodrigo de Jerez ▸ The Royal Humane Society, London (1774) ▸ Wishbone Site, Great Salt Lake Desert (Utah), Penn State University (USA), Leiden & Wageningen (Netherlands), Cuba ———————————————————— 🎬 WATCH NEXT: ▸ How Did Ancient Humans Get Drunk?    • How Did Ancient Humans Get Drunk?   ▸ Did Ancient Humans Have Dentists?    • Did Ancient Humans Have Dentists?   🔔 Subscribe:    / @ancientansweredtv   ———————————————————— #ancienthumans #tobacco #smoking #prehistory #humanhistory #archaeology #iceage #stoneage #anthropology #history #explainer #animation #education