https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/seeds-and-preserved-hair-in-tomb-point-to-oldest-signs-of-cannabis-high-2-800-years-ago-study-suggestsContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/seeds-and-preserved-hair-in-tomb-point-to-oldest-signs-of-cannabis-high-2-800-years-ago-study-suggestshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/seeds-and-preserved-hair-in-tomb-point-to-oldest-signs-of-cannabis-high-2-800-years-ago-study-suggests#u194723Wed, 11 Nov 2026 18:59:07 +0000Analysis of seeds and preserved human hair from a royal burial in Siberia indicates cannabis was consumed as an intoxicant around 2,800 years ago, according to a new study. Researchers found cannabinol (CBN), a degradation product of THC, in hair samples from the Arzhan-2 kurgan in Tuva, alongside carbonized cannabis seeds in a bronze brazier. The findings push back direct chemical evidence of psychoactive use by roughly a millennium and suggest ritual or elite consumption by Scythian-era nomads.Why it mattersPrevious archaeological evidence showed cannabis cultivation for fiber and seeds far