Exposures to psychedelic fungi by australopithecines and early Homo during the Pleistocene epoch (beginning 2.5 million years ago) are implied by the presence of these fungi in African grasslands, particularly growing on the dung of ungulates, which were a target of hominin scavenging and hunting.

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  Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution

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• Homo concept
• Pleistocene event