[ru552]

I watched a documentary that proposed eating mushrooms, and the ensuing hallucinations that happened, as the cause of our Neanderthal ancestors developing free thought and the underpinning of creativity that lead to tool development.

[acchow]

There isn't really much "science" to back up these claims. It is fun to think about tho.

[blaze33]

Yep, the stoned ape theory! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoned_ape_theory Didn't know there was a documentary about it though.

[dkdbejwi383]

The Dune navigator theory of evolution

[codeflo]

At least they unlocked the creativity of whoever produced that documentary.