Researchers analyzing 3,000-year-old pottery shards from Honduras have found evidence of the earliest man-made chocolate product. A chemical breakdown of material found on the shards led them to believe that it contained a wine-like beverage made from the fermented pulp of the cacao plant. This discovery pushes back the earliest documented use of cacao by 500 years.
(Source: Discover Magazine)
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