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Harsh: Europe's cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived

Harsh: Europe's cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived

17 May 2018

Cannabis – the source of the drug marijuana – virtually disappeared from Europe just as farmers arrived, so they didn’t get the chance to grow it for another 4500 years
Artwork of Joseph Hooker

Joseph Hooker: The travelling man who became Emperor of Botany

5 May 2017

Putting his passion on the scientific map took Joseph Hooker on wild adventures – everywhere from the Antarctic to Everest, a London exhibition shows

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