November 12, 2015, 10:41 am Washington, November 12 (Prensa Latina) Early evidence of the use of honey by our ancestors dating back to the Neolithic, showing the link of the old man with these insects, according to a study released today.
The relationship between our ancestors and the laborious insect
Chemical components Although some rock art and Egyptian murals give certainty of using products made by bees, still was not checked at what time arose. On clay over six 400 thousand prehistoric pottery vessels of more than 150 archaeological sites in the Middle East, Europe and North Africa proved such a relationship.
This is an “unequivocal evidence, based only on leaving a digital footprint chemical “, highlights the researchers in an article published in the latest issue of the journal Nature.
Beeswax is a complex, highly resistant to degradation only lipids, which can be identified in the study of organic residues preserved in archaeological sites, notes the article.
Melanie Roffet-Salque, lead author of the research, the most obvious reason for the exploitation of the honey bee to be. It could have been a rare sweetener to primitive man, said.
In addition, he added, could have been used in rituals, cosmetics, medicine, fuel, or to waterproof the porous ceramic containers.
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