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Fantastic Fungi

In about two million years, the human cortex tripledin size, and the brain explodedover a...

In about two million years, the human cortex tripled
in size, and the brain exploded
over a ridiculously short span of evolutionary time

Full Transcript

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In about two million years,
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the human cortex tripled in size,
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and the brain exploded over a ridiculously short span
00:00:10.944 --> 00:00:13.013
of evolutionary time.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:27
Uploaded
Jun 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Artemis Rising,Diamond Docs,Moving Art

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Movie Summary

Fantastic Fungi is a descriptive time-lapse journey about the magical, mysterious and medicinal world of fungi and their power to heal, sustain and contribute to the regeneration of life on Earth that began 3.5 billion years ago.
Two million years is nothing when it comes to evolution. - Fantastic Fungi 00:04
Two million years is nothing when it comes to evolution.
In the late 1970s, - Fantastic Fungi 00:09
In the late 1970s,
23, including us... consume mushrooms. - Fantastic Fungi 00:04
23, including us... consume mushrooms.
And the idea is our ancestors, they came out of the trees - Fantastic Fungi 00:07
And the idea is our ancestors, they came out of the trees
Well, in the subtropics, - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
Well, in the subtropics,
One thing that mushrooms - Fantastic Fungi 00:07
One thing that mushrooms
Synesthesia is the perception of one sensory modality - Fantastic Fungi 00:10
Synesthesia is the perception of one sensory modality
You have these profound experiences - Fantastic Fungi 00:12
You have these profound experiences
These magic mushrooms open up - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
These magic mushrooms open up
Basically, you can think of it as a contact fluid - Fantastic Fungi 00:07
Basically, you can think of it as a contact fluid
What a competitive advantage, - Fantastic Fungi 00:09
What a competitive advantage,
The fact that this happened not once, not twice, - Fantastic Fungi 00:14
The fact that this happened not once, not twice,
It's not so simple to say that they ate psilocybin mushrooms - Fantastic Fungi 00:06
It's not so simple to say that they ate psilocybin mush...
I think it's more complex than that, - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
I think it's more complex than that,
It was like a software - Fantastic Fungi 00:14
It was like a software
Language is just association - Fantastic Fungi 00:08
Language is just association
A great deal of the brain's real estate, you might say, - Fantastic Fungi 00:09
A great deal of the brain's real estate, you might say,
Those neural structures are not found in our ancestors. - Fantastic Fungi 00:05
Those neural structures are not found in our ancestors.
That's a human trait to have so much physiology - Fantastic Fungi 00:12
That's a human trait to have so much physiology
I couldn't get these mushrooms for the longest time. - Fantastic Fungi 00:04
I couldn't get these mushrooms for the longest time.