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Las semillas de 'Ephedra' encontradas en una antigua fosa de enterramiento podrían ser la evidencia más antigua hasta la fecha del uso medicinal de las plantas.

National Geographic

Archaeologists have uncovered compelling evidence of early medicinal plant use by prehistoric humans, dating back approximately 15,000 years, in Morocco’s Taforalt Cave (Grotte des Pigeons). Researchers found charred remains of the Ephedra plant, suggesting it was used for therapeutic and ritualistic purposes by the Iberomaurusian people of North Africa during the Late Stone Age...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2024/11/evidence-of-ancient-medicinal-plant-use-in-morocco/

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15,000-year-old evidence of medicinal plant use discovered in Morocco’s Taforalt Cave

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of early medicinal plant use by prehistoric humans in Morocco’s Taforalt Cave (Grotte des Pigeons)

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"An international group of researchers led by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria have uncovered the earliest evidence of Ephedra use from the charred remains of the plant in a 15,000-year-old human burial site in northeastern Morocco."

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-earliest-evidence-ephedra-year-moroccan.html

Earliest evidence of Ephedra use found in 15,000-year-old Moroccan burial

An international group of researchers led by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria have uncovered the earliest evidence of Ephedra use from the charred remains of the plant in a 15,000-year-old human burial site in northeastern Morocco.

Phys.org

Uzbekistan plants a #forest where a sea once lay https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/uzbekistan-plants-a-forest-where-a-sea-once-lay/

"The #Aral Sea, once the lifeblood of peoples in #Uzbekistan and #Kazakhstan, is parched, shrouded in a layer of toxic salt and dust... both countries are working with locals to plant a new forest of drought-resistant #plants (#saxaul, #saltwort, #ephedra, #tamarisk) in the dried-out lakebed... a single saxaul shrub that’s 7 to 10 years old can stop 2-4 metric tons of moving sand"

Uzbekistan plants a forest where a sea once lay

Between the borders of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, the Aral Sea, once the lifeblood of peoples in both countries, is parched, shrouded in a layer of toxic salt and dust that’s now taking a heavy toll on the health and farmlands of these very communities. Since the Aral Sea, technically a lake, began shrinking in the […]

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Calling all Ephedra fans!
Yu et al. find that #diploid species #phylogeny and #evolutionary reticulation indicate early radiation of #Ephedra in the Tethys coast...but where did they originate? Read on!
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