Dennis McKenna on the Stoned Ape Theory

How did the human brain triple in size in just two million years?

According to the "Stoned Ape Theory," proto-humans might have consumed mushrooms they found in the wild and that act had profound effects on their brains.

“It was like a software to program this neurologically modern hardware,” explained the great Dennis McKenna in this exclusive clip from the film, Fantastic Fungi.

Watch the whole film tonight!

[jokujoonas]

30 seconds? I want 30 hours of this stuff!

[AndreasNilsson]

Im doing this to my cat so i can talk with it

[zaktripper]

The caps that made hunting most effective also caused new parents to gaze deeply into the eyes of their newborns. Sustained eye contact in mammals causes a lot of heavy, primal neurological formation, perhaps even a sense of differentiation between self & other.

[Beer_oil]

Amazing video, sincere quote from an outstanding interview

[that_artsy_boy]

I have a question. If a cow, or a sheep eats a hallucinogenic mushroom, why wouldn't its brain functions advance just like ours did?

[warshipsatin]

i wouldnt deny the possibility but it seems like a pretty huge conclusion to make

[buggy]

An analogous and equally ridiculous theory: Giraffes that stretched their necks passed on longer necks to their offspring and that's how we got giraffes.

[SuperStargazer]

Why did other mammals not experience a similar evolution, deer are known to trip-our on Amanita muscaria

[jednmorf]

Hi Dennis did you guys ever manifest anything when in the jungle.maybe a gold ticker tape type of thing probably coming out of the ground small bright thing or anything else

[moesypittounikos]

So psilocybin opened the doors of perception? According to Chomsky there is a universal language and ape noises (local language). So by eating mushrooms our ancestors managed to click with the universal grammar and start civilization.

[DG-iwyw]

Behaviour is the precursor to evolution, and these things affect behaviour during and well beyond the experience

[cmhardin]

But how did this cause evolution to happen?

[vibeofthees_]

He looks like he's related to
Robert Englund
4/21/23

[catpetssigot]

Bruh I'm too high for this. monke

[bonmardonov]

How about we get some apes and give them mushrooms and see what happens, no ?

[lucuslopez]

If this was true than explain why people do stupid shit when they high?

[dr.snipahman]

Why not just give non cognitive animals dmt and see what happens

[MichaelMartinussen]

Our Evolving from apes theory is wrong. Therefore the whole basis of this theory is mistaken :)

[diabeticdan]

how do we still have apes and gorillas then and there’s no human that has been born or “evolved” with a new ape characteristic