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Scientists believe the first cacao beverages were sipped from vessels like this one, which was found in northern Honduras.

New analyses of similar pottery fragments suggest people have been enjoying chocolate for more than 3,000 years—about 500 years earlier than previously believed

• Honduras -- CIA World Facts Book
  
  
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From Anthropology in the News
Texas A&M Department of Anthropology
(13 November 2007)

Earliest Chocolate Drink Found -- Telegraph (11/12/07)

• Chocolate Origins Traced to Beer Makers 3,000 Years Ago -- National Geographic News (11/12/07)
  
  
• Cacao Beans Were First Used for Alcohol, Research Finds -- Los Angeles Times (11/12/07)
  
  
• The Dawn of Chocolate Discovered -- LiveScience (11/12/07)
  
  
• Chocolate Began as Beer-Like Brew 3,100 Years Ago -- Reuters (11/12/07)
  
  
• Ancient Beer Pots Point to Origins of Chocolate -- New Scientist (11/12/07)
  
  
• Earliest Chocolate Delivered Extra Buzz -- Discovery News (11/12/07)
  
  
• Ancient Americans Liked Chocolate, Too -- MSNBC (11/12/07)
  
  
• Revealed: The 3,000-Year-Old Mug of Cocoa -- Guardian (11/13/07)
  
  
• Pre-Dating the Love of Chocolate -- BBC News (11/13/07)
  
  
• Love of Chocolate May Have Begun With Cacao Beer -- New York Times (11/13/07)