Psychedelics Might Not Have Evolved to Get Humans High

Nautilus reports that psychedelics might not have evolved specifically to produce hallucinations in humans. Rather, their effects may stem from brain chemistry that humans share with insects, snails, and sea urchins—suggesting the drugs engage mechanisms with far more ancient evolutionary roots.

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