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Ive always wanted to see what would happen if I gave an orangutan a high protein diet consisting of cooked meat and psychedelic mushrooms to see if I could enlighten the species

I need to buy at least 12 orangutans for my experiment. The tribe of enlightened orangutans. I would place many tools and things in the area and their diet would be high protein cooked meats with veggies of course. 2 times a year I would place the mushrooms with them or try to mix it into their meals and see the results. I could prove or disprove one of the theories on how early humans got smart which is either cooked meat which made them big brain or magix mushrooms. This would of course go on for some generations. Each generation we would see if their brain size increased.

>> No.11392379

I wish you well

>> No.11392412
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>>11392290
fucking based. /sci/ is on a fucking roll recently

>> No.11392419

>>11392290
Rotting animal flesh provides no benefits. Go vegan

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>>11392419

>> No.11392478

>>11392290
do chimps instead orangutans are lazy fat bastards

>> No.11392504

>>11392478
Don't do chimps, they are energetic and lack focus. Orangutangs are clever and laidback.

>> No.11392512

>>11392290
Any increase due to diet won't be inherited.

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>>11392290
>psychedelic mushrooms
those could make them aggressive
give them DMT and a lot of pictures of yourself, after the trip they will worship you as their god

>> No.11393262

>>11392290
It was probably fat and not meat that led to bigger brains.

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/ancient-human-ancestors-may-have-grown-big-brains-scavenging-bone-marrow

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fat-not-meat-may-have-led-to-bigger-hominin-brains/

>> No.11393274

>>11392290
Ok Joe Rogan

>> No.11393715

>>11392512
Why wouldn't an increase be inherited?

>> No.11393733

>>11393262
>scavenging-bone-marrow
and smashing open skulls to eat brains

>> No.11393736

>>11393715
an increase would only be inherited if those with larger brain mass potential benefitted more from the improved diet and had more descendents

>> No.11393737

>>11393733
So the apes gotta be fed big brains to simulate early humans

>> No.11393741

>>11393736
They could just be artificially selected to breed if they are shown to have an increased brain capacity

>> No.11393752

>>11392290
>and psychedelic mushrooms to see if I could enlighten the species
Nice reddit meme.

>> No.11393758

>>11393736
>larger brain mass potential benefitted more from the improved diet
Larger brain mass=higher energy requirement for upkeep. Improving the diet would remove at least one potential factor selecting against increased brain mass.