Kyoto Hemp Forum - History

“Hemp was the first plant known to have been cultivated” HLLTF pg 6

Richard M. Davis, USA Hemp Museum reports

‘The Los Angeles Times, May 12, 2000, article cited two fossil skulls as the earliest evidence that human ancestors migrated out of Africa to the middle east.   The skulls were dated to 1.7 million years ago.  It may have been on these earliest migrations out of Africa, when ancestral hominids encountered the hemp plant, thought to be native to the Middle East or Central Asia.

Chinese roots lie in Africa says genetic research. This of course lends credence to the above theory that migrations out of Africa spread our Hominid relatives to the rest of the world and that Africa was the cradle of humanity. The time for this spread and differentiation of races is measured in eons. And we can theorize that hemp-hominid encounters, especially for food could have occurred during these first migrations, more than a million and a half years ago. One of the lines of hominid was Homo erectus, who was shown below to have been out of Africa almost a million years ago.’

Chris Conrad reported that in “8,000 BC- Civilization, agriculture & hemp textile industries begin in Europe and Asia, simultaneously” – HLLTTF

3727 BC- Cannabis called a “superior” herb in the world’s first medical text, or pharmacopeia, Shen Nung’s Pen Ts’ao, in China.” HLLTTF – Appendix 23



Of course the greatest historical treasure in this writer’s opinion is the Samurai celebration called Hemp and Fire. It is 1,200 years old and still celebrated. Hemp Industries Association and Vote Hemp celebrate Hemp History week annually.

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