Early hominins likely pursued exogenous chemical analogs of serotonin (psychedelics) due to the high metabolic cost of serotonin production, its importance in adaptive brain function, and selection pressures for sophisticated social cognition.

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  Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution

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• serotonin concept
• hominins concept