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Did Shrooms Make Us Human? — The Stoned Ape Hypothesis Explained | Homo Sapiens

What if the first step toward becoming human wasn’t fire or tools — but mushrooms? In this long-form documentary, we explore the infamous Stoned Ape Hypothesis, from the savannahs of East Africa two million years ago to the cave paintings of Ice Age Europe. Along the way we’ll meet Homo erectus jogging after antelopes, psilocybin sprouting from dung, shamanic rituals in the Sahara, and even Moses’ burning bush in the Sinai. This is not wild speculation. It’s slow, evidence-grounded storytelling - a mix of archaeology, anthropology, climate science, and the stranger corners of human history. Psychedelics may not have “made us human,” but they certainly walked alongside us, shaping ritual, myth, and culture. If you drift off during the story, timestamps are in the description so you can pick up tomorrow where you left off. And if you enjoy long, calm science storytelling, please like, share, and subscribe - it helps this type of content reach other curious sapiens. 🌀 Deep time. Slow storytelling. Sleepless Homo. ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒: 00:00 - The First Strange Meal 12:35 - The Rift Valley Buffet 22:32 - Homo Erectus Starts Jogging 31:23 - The Savannah’s Hidden Crop 40:16 - Did Curiosity Kill the Ape? 49:08 - McKenna’s Leap 57:14 - Sharper Eyes or Just Stranger Eyes? 1:04:37 - The Brain That Wouldn’t Stop Growing 1:12:48 - Calories or Chemicals? 1:20:44 - The Elephant’s Root 1:28:33 - Variability as Destiny? 1:36:00 - The Genetic Bottleneck 1:42:43 - The First Ritual High? 1:50:53 - Too Sober for the Future? 1:57:20 - Mushroom Shamans in Stone 2:03:53 - The Cave Paintings That Glowed 2:10:46 - Moses and the Burning Bush 2:17:37 - When Religion Took the Trip 2:25:29 - The First Drug Dealers of Europe 2:32:51 - Gobekli Tepe: The First Party Place 2:40:36 - Beer and the Birth of Kings 2:47:39 - The Purity Law That Killed the Buzz 2:55:22 - Too High, Too Low, or Just Human? ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ 📌 Calm science, no hype, no speculation — just what we know so far. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #StonedApeHypothesis #humanevolution #boringsapiens #SleeplessHomo #Psychedelics #archaeology #deeptime #documentary #documentaryforsleep #prehistory #ancienthumans ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 👉 If you enjoy this type of content, please like, subscribe, and share — it helps other curious sapiens find their way to knowledge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleepless Homo- Longform sleep-core documentaries about ancient humans extinct species, myth, memory, and early humanity — told softly by a tired ape with Wi-Fi. Bedtime stories for burnt-out sapiens. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References used: – Cohen, Andrew S., et al. Plio-Pleistocene environmental variability in Africa and its implications for mammalian evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2022. – HowStuffWorks, Is Africa the Cradle of Humanity? (science.howstuffworks.com, accessed 2025). Cohen, A. S., Du, A., Rowan, J., et al. (2022). Plio-Pleistocene environmental variability in Africa and its implications for mammalian evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Ungar, P. S. (2017). Evolution’s Bite: A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Origins. Princeton University Press. – Bramble, D. M., & Lieberman, D. E. (2004). Endurance running and the evolution of Homo. Nature, Antón, S. C., Potts, R., & Aiello, L. C. (2014). Evolution of early Homo: An integrated biological perspective. Science – McKenna, Terence. Food of the Gods. Bantam Books, 1992. – Ohler, Norman. Stoned Sapiens (forthcoming, research interviews and framing, as discussed with Lex Fridman, 2023). – Holloway, Ralph L. (2015). “Hominin Endocasts: The Paleoneurological Evidence.” Progress in Brain Research. – Cohen, Andrew S. et al. (2022). “Plio-Pleistocene environmental variability in Africa and its implications for mammalian evolution.” PNAS.