Siberian burial points to cannabis use 2,800 years ago

Archaeologists found more than 1,000 cannabis seeds and preserved human hair at Tunnug 1, a Scythian burial mound in southern Siberia. The seeds date to the early eighth century B.C., and the hair contained cannabinol. Together, the findings reportedly offer the earliest direct evidence of human cannabis use. Use in a burial ritual remains an interpretation rather than a demonstrated purpose.