# Stoned Ape & Fungal Intelligence - Paul Stamets | After Skool

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Published: 2026-07-18T17:21:00+00:00
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Stoned Ape & Fungal Intelligence - Paul Stamets Paul Stamets is a mycologist, author and advocate of bioremediation and medicinal fungi. In this animation he describes the incredible properties of fungi as well as an overview of how mushrooms could have played a massive role in the evolution of human consciousness. Please share/like/subscribe.If you want to see more animations like this, please support us on Patreon so we can spend more time animating high quality content. Your generosity means the world! https://www.patreon.com/AfterSkoolFull conversation between Paul and Joe Rogan can be heard here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPqWstVnRjQPaul did want to issue one correction: Folks, On this broadcast, I made a misstatement. Although the divergence of basidiomycota is estimated to be as far back at 1.2 billion years ago, the fossil, Gondwanagaricities magnificus is estimated to be more than 100 million years old. "Molecular clock estimates suggest the divergence of the Basidiomycota around 500 Ma to 1.2 billion years [26] and G. Magnificus establishes the earliest calibration point so far for the Agaricales, with a new minimum age of 113-120 Ma.” Source: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0178327Special thanks to BioGraphic for the amazing fungal footage. Check out their channel https://www.youtube.com/user/bioGraphicMagazine Follow the podcast for new episodes. We cannot change the world. But we can change ourselves...and that will change the world. The goal of this podcast is to empower the individual and deliver profound ideas through art. Find After Skool on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AfterSkool/videos Disclaimer: This podcast is an independent initiative inspired by the thought-provoking content of After Skool. It is crea…

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