Hair from prehistoric individuals is rare in the Mediterranean region, but archaeologists found some at the cave site of Es Càrritx in Menorca thanks to the hair (which was dyed read) being stored separately in wooden containers. Chemical analysis of the hair, which is thought to be from a shaman, detected the alkaloids ephedrine, atropine, and scopolamine, showing that this individual used alkaloid-bearing plants in the first millennium BCE. Alkaloids have a lot of health benefits. For example, they’re antibacterial and anti-inflammatory. But they’re mostly known as hallucinogens and stimulants. This is an important find because it adds one more data point in the investigation into how long humans have been consuming hallucinogens. And interestingly, the boxes that held the hair had concentric circles which may be eyes that allude to inner vision. One thing I’d like to note here. I saw headlines about “drug-fueled cave raves”, which is really far from the mark IMO. By and large, these types of substances were used for rituals and ceremonies — something with which this study agrees. So you can safely ignore such click-baity titles.