Salt: A World History
How did salt become one of the first mediums of exchange?
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Our early ancestors relied primarily on a vegetable diet that did not include much salt. However, salt is a necessity and when they found it it wasn't long before it became a sought after commodity. Salt was one of the first items traded by early humans and one of the first mediums of exchange.