There has been speculation ever since science threw out the God question as to how humans became intelligent - what was it that caused the spark that ignited Prometheus' flame and made us almost overnight some 200,000 years ago change?
I have rather liked the idea that eating some mushrooms by accident opened up the mind to experiences whether real
(ie just neurons firing away and creating dreams) or spiritual (elves, shamanic quest beings etc).
But I came across this article about
fossil viruses and their remains in the human genome. And I'm beginning to wonder if all we did
was catch the right cold.
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