Stoned Apes (Part 1) - Happy Fools Podcast

The “stoned ape hypothesis,” popularized by ethnobotanist Terence McKenna, suggests that the accidental consumption of psychedelic mushrooms by early hominids may have catalyzed rapid cognitive development, leading to significant advancements in language, abstract thinking, and social structures. While this speculative theory remains outside mainstream scientific consensus, it continues to spark curiosity and debate by linking consciousness expansion to dietary shifts in our evolutionary past.