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psilocybin ↔ hominins

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related 1.58 — strongly supporting 2 facts

The relationship is established by the hypothesis that the dietary and ritualistic use of psilocybin played a role in the evolutionary development of hominins, as described in [1] and [2].

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Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org Frontiers 2 facts
claimThe integration of psilocybin into ancient diet, communal practice, and proto-religious activity may have enhanced the hominin response to the socio-cognitive niche, while simultaneously aiding in the creation of that niche.
claimThe dietary incorporation of psilocybin and its integration into communal and proto-religious practices may have helped hominins respond adaptively to their socio-cognitive niche.