Stone Age chewing gum holds clues to the life of a young girl who lived 5,700 years ago — CNN
Lola, a young girl who lived in Denmark 5,700 years ago, had blue eyes, dark skin and dark hair. Her last meal included hazelnuts and mallard duck. And the reason we know any of this is because she chewed on birch pitch, a material that functioned a bit like an ancient chewing gum.