Neolithic 5,700-Year-Old Chewing Helps Reconstruct The Portrait Of An Ancient Girl
Archaeologists have recently discovered a 5,700-year-old wad of “chewing gum” made from birch tar. The 2cm long lump was found at Syltholm on Lolland Island during the archeological excavation. It was before the construction work of the Fehmarn tunnel to connect Denmark to Germany. A study has been published in the journal “Nature Communications” which…