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> Point being that ancients did not use sunscreen The statement being made by others is that "ancients" applied a topical substance to protect their skin from
by haldujai 3y ago
> Point being that ancients did not use sunscreen
The statement being made by others is that "ancients" applied a topical substance to protect their skin from harmful effects of the sun, most would call that sunscreen[0] but use whatever word you prefer.
> anything remotely close to the formulae we have today
No one is making this claim.
[0] https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sunscreen https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sunscree...
- armatav 3y agoThe statement was about skin cancer, and the implication is that they did nothing about it. Sunscreen is a 20th century term, and modern sunscreen as we know it came into use in the mid-20th century.