029 - The Stoned Ape Theory

Red's Room Podcast Episode No. 029 – The Stoned Ape Theory

In this Episode Red and Jake talk about a hypothesis offered by the late Terence McKenna that offers a solution to the question of how mankind’s brain size double so quickly and also correlates with how we developed consciousness, society, and religion. All this by the consumption of psychedelic mushrooms.

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References;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoned_ape_theory#:~:text=The%20theory%20claims%20that%20the,Fischer%20et.

https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/evolution/stoned-ape-hypothesis.htm

https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/41518/20221225/stoned-ape-theory-explained-is-this-hypothesis-on-evolution-valid.htm

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.729425/full

https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/stoned-ape-return/

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/homo-erectus-our-ancient-ancestor.html