User:Krisagarwal/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/pdf/10.1289/ehp.01109s169

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because it discusses the uses of plants in medicine throughout history. This is useful for my research into prehistoric medicine, as the main form of medicine used in the prehistoric era was plants.

Evaluate the article
This article discusses the use of plants in the discovery of new drugs. However, this means that it takes much more of a modern look at medicine than what we are looking for. While there are a few facts here and there that may be useful for our purposes, it is mostly not going to be useful to us. Notably, it does not discuss in great depth the usage of plants in paleolithic societies. Thus, it is may not be the best source for research into paleolithic medicine.