029 - The Stoned Ape Theory

11/12/2023 28 min Episodio 29
029 - The Stoned Ape Theory

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Red's Room Podcast Episode No. 029 – The Stoned Ape TheoryIn 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.Store:https://www.bonfire.com/store/reds-room-podcast/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.htmhttps://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/41518/20221225/stoned-ape-theory-explained-is-this-hypothesis-on-evolution-valid.htmhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.729425/fullhttps://bigthink.com/neuropsych/stoned-ape-return/https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/homo-erectus-our-ancient-ancestor.html