Mushroom-munching poplar-popping Neandertals
This is interesting. Terrence McKenna[0] had some crazy theories about how we evolved and one of the involved mushroom of the psilocybin [1] kind. The idea was that these primarily grow on dung of herbivorous mammals. Since dung is used to track the game when hunting, our ansistors might have come across it and consumed it. It&#x27;s been shown to improve visual perception in very low dosage. He also suggests the cave paintings of half game&#x2F;half animals to be a byproduct of it. Of course, he had a nice theory but no way to prove it. But stuff like this hints on that possibility. Although much recent, this cave painting also suggests strong association with mushrooms. [2]<p>----------------------<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Terence_McKenna" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Terence_McKenna</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Psilocybin" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Psilocybin</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;erocx1.blogspot.com&#x2F;2007&#x2F;12&#x2F;oldest-representations-of.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;erocx1.blogspot.com&#x2F;2007&#x2F;12&#x2F;oldest-representations-of...</a>