Ancient South Americans tasted chocolate 1,500 years before anyone else
Archaeological finds are the earliest evidence for cacao use in the world

SWEET ROOTS The earliest known evidence of people domesticating and consuming cacao, the main ingredient in chocolate, has turned up at a South American site, researchers say.
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