Chocolate plant cacao 1st used in Ecuador 5,000 yrs ago: Study
Scientists have discovered that cacao, the plant from which chocolate is made, was first grown over 5,000 years ago at a settlement in southeastern Ecuador and not Central America. "The plant was first used at least 1,500 years earlier than we had previous evidence for," a scientist said. It was used as food, drink or medicine, scientists added. 