The stoned ape theory

Swede Immigrant

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What if the reason why humans became intelligent is due to our ape-like ancestors consuming psychedelic mushrooms in a consistent manner which forced our brain to evolve and develop sapience?

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Wait, it’s actually a real theory

In McKenna’s Stoned Ape hypothesis,” he posited that as humans began to migrate to new areas, at some point they came upon psychedelic mushrooms growing in cow droppings, as is their wont, and then ate them. After ingesting them, and more specifically the psilocybin they contained, their brains kicked into overdrive, acquiring new information-processing capabilities, and a mind-blowing expansion of our imaginations in the bargain. Many modern users of psychedelics claim the world never looks the same again after such an experience. As McKenna put it, “Homo sapiens ate our way to a higher consciousness,” and, “It was at this time that religious ritual, calendar making, and natural magic came into their own.”
Yes saar, us Indians love eating cow poop mushrooms.
 
I like the stoned ape theory but there's not enough evidence to support it.
What I believe is that the psychedelic experience was a big part of early human communities and whenever this experience was taken from them, people would always seem to seek to produce psychedelic-like states of mind through other means.
 
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