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How did our ancestors determine what could be eaten and what could not? Where did they find poisons and mental stimulants? Could we have become intelligent because of drugs? And why do modern humans digest alcohol better than any arboreal primate? In this episode of "Drobyshevsky. Homo sapiens" Stanislav Drobyshevsky talks about stimulants in the lives of ancient people. Subscribe to the RTVI Telegram channel: https://t.me/rtvimain The new world is already here: @RTVI Entertainment 00:00 "Drobyshevsky. Homo sapiens" 01:30 How do poisons and stimulants affect the human body? 04:40 "Toxic substances were used 40 thousand years ago" 06:21 About the work of serotonin and dopamine 09:00 Could we have become intelligent because of drugs? 17:00 Which animals can feed on ethyl alcohol? 20:55 Why do modern humans digest alcohol better than any tree primate? 25:30 “It wasn’t wars that defeated the North American Indians, but alcohol” We thank the Zoological Museum of Moscow State University on Bolshaya Nikitskaya, 2 for their help in filming this episode Subscribe to @RTVI Entertainment and like RTVI News — all the main events in 24/7 format: / myrtvi