If psilocybin systematically increased the frequency of laughter, music-making, dancing, ritualization, and prosocial leadership in ancient populations, it could have influenced human evolution by modifying the conditions for selection and favoring genetic variants that enhance sociality, cognition, and communication.

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  Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution

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• psilocybin concept
• human evolution concept
• cognition concept
• communication concept
• sociality concept
• dancing concept