"Based on the studies of DNA remnants in the tartar on the teeth of Neandertals, scientists have concluded that Neandertals used a
plant source of aspirin and possibly dosed themselves on penicillin by eating the penicillin mould.
“Their behavior and their diet looks a lot more sophisticated and a lot more like us in many ways,” said Professor Alan Cooper, the New Zealander who is director of the University of Adelaide’s Australian Centre for Ancient DNA.
“You know, we’ve got a guy self-medicating …And, here he is eating aspirin [poplar bark] and we’re finding penicillin mould in him.” CMI
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise;
1 Corinthians 1:27
“Their behavior and their diet looks a lot more sophisticated and a lot more like us in many ways,” said Professor Alan Cooper, the New Zealander who is director of the University of Adelaide’s Australian Centre for Ancient DNA.
“You know, we’ve got a guy self-medicating …And, here he is eating aspirin [poplar bark] and we’re finding penicillin mould in him.” CMI
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise;
1 Corinthians 1:27
