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A gathering on the Murray River depicted in 1858. Gerard Krefft, Corroboree on the Murray River, 1858. Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales

More than 2 million Indigenous people lived in Australia in 1788: new research

Genetic, archaeological and environmental evidence suggest the Indigenous population fell by more than 90% in the 70 years after the British invaded.
A paan vendor in Calcutta preparing a mixture of tobacco and betel nut on a betel leaf. Alamy

Ancient teeth reveal the Ice Age origins of the world’s 4th most common addictive drug

Betel nut is the fourth most-used psychoactive drug in the world – and new evidence suggests it was being used in Indonesia as long as 25,000 years ago.

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