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Researchers analyzed ancient DNA from the Mississippian site of Etowah in present‑day Georgia and found evidence that cacao, the plant used to make chocolate, was consumed there during the 11th and 12th centuries, roughly a millennium ago. The findings, published in PLOS One, suggest that chocolate was part of the diet in eastern North America far earlier than previously documented.

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