How Did Ancient Humans Discover Smoking?

Every animal on Earth runs from smoke. We're the only species that chases it. So how did smoking actually start? The answer goes back over 12,000 years — and it's so strange that humans may have started farming a drug before they ever farmed food. This video traces the real origins of smoking: from ancient humans noticing that some plants changed how they felt around the fire, to the 12,300-year-old tobacco seeds found in Utah, to the cannabis-filled tents Herodotus described in 440 BC — finally confirmed by archaeology 2,500 years later. This is a historical and anthropological look at where this behavior came from, not an endorsement of smoking. ────────────── ────────────── Topics: ancient humans, history of smoking, history of tobacco, cannabis history, Herodotus, Scythians, psychoactive plants, human evolution, anthropology, archaeology, Wishbone site, Pamir Mountains. ────────────── Subscribe to Kaev for new videos every week. Business inquiries: [email protected] #kaev #ancienthumans #anthropology