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Beverage alcohol is an ancient artifact of human culture and likely our most primitive intoxicant.  Archaeologists have found evidence of fermented beverages of rice, honey and fruit in neolithic Chinese pottery dating to 7000 BC (McGovern et al., 2004, PNAS, 101:17593-17598), and scholars trace the origin of barley beer to Egypt, circa 4200 BC (el-Guebaly & el-Guebaly,1981, Int J Addict., 16:1207-21).  The historical record contains many references to wine, which figured prominently in ancient Greek and Roman religious ceremonies and celebrations, for example (Sournia J.C., 1990, A History of Alcoholism).