old habits die hard ...

No dentists around the corner.
Why would you put a piece of that mixture in your mouth anyway? We'd probably chastise our kids or at least throw it away.

Hehe this is funny. I read about this from the Helsingin Sanomat ( the major newspaper in Finland ). The supervisor of argeologists said this is nothing very unusual to be found. The British exchange student who found this found also a piece of jewel that is more valuable giving information about global trading network those times. This chewing gum seems to be very interesting thing

" Also, it was stuck to the bottom of a prehistoric theater seat. "

well, that's a real sign of the consistency of the human