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Human ancestors ↔ psilocybin

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Psilocybin is linked to human ancestors through the hypothesis that its dietary consumption enhanced their survival, reproductive fitness, and socio-cognitive adaptability as described in [1] and [2].

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Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org Frontiers 2 facts
claimThe instrumentalization of psilocybin could have enhanced performance in domains such as cognition, sociality, communication, and social learning, potentially increasing the adaptability and fitness of human ancestors.
claimThe authors of 'Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution' propose that the dietary incorporation of psilocybin would have enhanced the survival and reproductive prospects of human ancestors through its effects on adaptive stress-coping and socio-cognitive dynamics.