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  • Were Prehistoric Cave Painters High On Hallucinogenic Plants?

    Were Prehistoric Cave Painters High On Hallucinogenic Plants?

    from alternet.org:  “Prehistoric cave paintings across the continents have similar geometric patterns not because early humans were learning to draw like Paleolithic pre-schoolers, but because they were high on drugs, and their brains—like ours—have a biological predisposition to “see” certain patterns, especially during consciousness altering states. This thesis—that humanity’s earliest artists were not just reeling…

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