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The Awakening of Human Consciousness | Forbidden Fungus (STRIPPED)

Something extraordinary happened to the human brain 100,000 years ago. In just a few thousand generations, our brains nearly doubled in size - a change that should have taken millions of years. Scientists couldn't explain it until Terence McKenna proposed a radical theory. He believed early humans transformed into conscious beings not through fire or tools, but through eating a forbidden fungus growing in animal dung across Africa.

English
  • Originally Aired May 29, 2025
  • Runtime 26 minutes
  • Network YouTube
  • Created May 30, 2025 by
    DoralSilverthorne
  • Modified May 30, 2025 by
    DoralSilverthorne