ABSTRACT
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, humans presumably realized that when fruits and other plant materials were well mixed with water and left in the warmth of the sun a strange product was formed. This substance became known as alcohol or, more properly, ethyl alcohol. There is no historical record of either who discovered alcohol or the substance from which the žrst alcohol originated. However, there is evidence to indicate that alcohol has played a role in the social development of human beings for many thousands of years.
