The Hazy Evolution of Cannabis

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How did such a strange plant like cannabis come to be in the first place? When and where did we first domesticate it? And why oh why does it get us high?
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[@MrLuc420]

PBS eons got too high and posted this 4 days early.

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

They always post on Tuesdays, can't expect them to be late just for an unofficial holiday.

[@jasonGamesMaster]

Because I got high, because I got high, because I got high....

[@tylociraptor8131]

Right? I was like the holy day isn't yet!

[@Murdokstankfoot]

Yeah right! It will take all these feet dragging hippies a few days to watch it.

[@matt.willoughby]

@@Murdokstankfoot You so funny

[@jezhunt8394]

The gap between the cultivation of weed and the invention of chocolate must have been a rough time

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

They had other sweets & munchable stuff to tide them over until Cadbury's & Hershey's came along. Besides, you can't miss what you've never known.

[@capmidnite]

Actually the invention of Doritos.

[@makeracistsafraidagain]

I need professional help with the peanut M&M monkey on my back.

[@ChrispyNut]

Noo, Yogurt is soo much better than chocolate. Much less guilt and better for thirst quenching.

[@bearlytamedmodels]

@@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980 Could you imagine though? Some pothead in 13th century India, saying "Maaaan I could go for some chocolate right about now..." and her pal going "... What's chocolate?" "I have no idea but man I want some."

[@JairRemi999]

I’m smoking rn button

[@cool2847]

me 2😊

[@ronaldraygun3591]

This should be on every video like dislike smokin rn the icon can be a little pot leaf

[@derks0]

yup

[@khaliq5301]

🥦😶‍🌫️

[@ItrulyBelieve]

Hiiigh afff stiiizy pod OG KUSH 😁😁☺️😴🤯

[@soeasyastonercoulddoit]

As a professional in the cannabis industry, I hate watching most documentaries about cannabis because they get sooo much wrong or rely too heavily on input from the companies they coordinate with. This "short-umentry" is one of the best out there. Thank you PBS. I shed tears of joy seeing how far the cannabis discussion in our nation has improved. But we aren't done yet.

[@cameronwilcox2496]

Well said man✌️that was a fire comment

[@andrearepetto217]

Just curious, what is some of the most common misinformation, and how would you respond?

[@BoyProdigyX]

Just knowing we partake in the same mind altering our ancestors did thousands of years ago, in addition to the fact it just grows from the same soil our veggies do, is enough for me to shut my ears to the haters 🙉

[@TheSpecialCostumeShop]

How to treat weed Fatigue, depression, and lethargy

[@jeremygold6331]

Amen 🙏

[@420bobby69]

PBS = Puffin' Big Spliffs

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 You Win The Internet. 🏆

[@corbinthyforman4848]

🧑‍🚒

[@redbarchetta8782]

😂

[@mikamekaze]

thank you internet user 420bobby69

[@GGoAwayy]

Supported by a grant from the Center for Terpene Research... and by stoners like YOU

[@zenkai8247]

Finally after decades, we get an unbiased documentary about cannabis from a popular network.

[@bigplaystanley9543]

Because it’s cool to smoke weed now

[@americansfirst1095]

​@@bigplaystanley9543.....seriously? Are you 10?

[@captainpancake8177]

​@@americansfirst1095 he's sort of right. The stigma on cannabis has pretty much been destroyed compared to what it used to be in the states. Almost half the country now has it legalized

[@bigplaystanley9543]

@@captainpancake8177 for sure captain thanks for clearing that up. Hit the nail on the head for me!

[@brandonhoffman4712]

Everything is biased. Be happy, the force is with you young padawan!

[@Ktjnn]

Cannabis is one of the few, and definitely the most well-known, dioecious annual plants, meaning it lives only one year, but has separate male and female plants. This is a major factor in why the plant is so unique and why it can be grown for so many different uses in so many different places.

[@jamesalexander8872]

Not all cannabis is dioecious.

[@dustinisaac5132]

Lots of hermaphrodites in the wild and most strains will turn hermaphrodite under the right circumstances.

[@richardorta8960]

• Start cultivating pot. • Starts thinking about how they often do not feel like foraging for food. • Starts cultivating other crops.

[@robd3895]

• Starts talking to burning bushes • Finds spiritual awakening • Starts telling others

[@qtseanzy]

The real Agrarian Revolution

[@Joey-vw1id]

I don't know what you are trying to say but people who consume cannabis are not lazy people. Remarks like this is what is continuing to give cannabis a bad rap!

[@richardorta8960]

@@Joey-vw1id I am not a lazy person I am not calling my fellow stoners lazy but we do often get burnt out and tend not to do certain things when we get too high. edit: look at how much effort it takes to farm.

[@Drux.i]

@@Joey-vw1id How is deciding to do something that is hard, calling people lazy? Cultivating other foods so they don't have to forage took so much intelligence and hard work 😂😂 So what if they did it so they can relax more often? Relaxation is not being lazy.

[@Vodkarn]

I love the idea of early humans hot-boxingand then realising "whoa wait we could grow _food_ too!"

[@patreekotime4578]

Probably realized how long they had to walk just to gather some tasty stuff and where like, bro we gotta make the snacks come to US. Basically the domestication event was the original GrubHub... but like literally with grubs.

[@erinbeaud4556]

The munchies lead to the dawn of human civilization.

[@jordanledoux197]

Well yeah, after getting high they had the munchies.

[@philawsonfur]

Well if you think about it an underfed organism is a stressed one, leading to them being in physiological state of stress / fight or flight; aka not having reserve energy to think things through all the way in lieu of instinctual behaviors. Whereas a well fed one has more resources to pool into cognition, thus creative pursuits to ascertain and resolve problems around its environment in novel ways.

[@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson]

@@philawsonfureven beyond that, a group of hunter/gatherers doesn’t have time for anything else. With agriculture comes spare time, spare labor. The beginnings of civilization.

[@RerememBerering]

Had migraines all my life that escalated to not wanting to be here anymore. Moved to a different type of state and tried it as a novelty. Zero migraines anymore and far more efficient. May not help everyone for everything but it saved me.

[@jjj3417]

Exactly it has its benefits but people view it the same way people look at synthetic drugs and hard drugs which is absolutely stupid because it’s just a plant!

[@hrpdrp97]

​@@jjj3417to be fair, there is tons of "synthetic" drugs that are just synthetic recreations of real life chemicals found in plants. Many plants can kill and are extremely toxic. "It's Just a plant" does not mean it's completely harmless, that being said, all the research and data on cannabis shows that it's mostly harmless

[@nataliaalfonso2662]

@@jjj3417what does it being just a plant have to do with anything? Plants can be toxic and poisonous too. Weed is soooooo much better for pain and the such than some many other types of drugs; but it definitely also triggers schizophrenia and badly affects cognition. But there are plants that if you took one puff of would kill yoi IMMEDIATELY.

[@Kittymancer78]

It's also been proven helpful for MS. The UK and Canada have done research. There's an old video of a gentleman, who could not control his muscles, then takes a hit for the first time. Time lapse was like 15min.- half hour, tops. After the man was able to sit up on his own and ask the researchers if they were hungry. The poor man had control of his own body again.

[@Kittymancer78]

Blessing to you ❤ friend. I so glad you found this ancient medicine

[@J--5]

I'm high AF right now and this video hit my feed. An absolute gift from the algorithm. Love you EONS!

[@kandidkameron]

Same! 😂

[@TheMotlias]

10,000 bce Farmer: I've started growing this really interesting plant Friend: nice can we eat it? Farmer: *cough* sorry what did you say?

[@christyadams9235]

Then they ate some and designed civilization

[@adampope5107]

You can press the seeds to extract oil.

[@julianshepherd2038]

​@@adampope5107or toasted or toasted and ground into flour. High in Omega 3

[@stanleyhyde8529]

It is an amazing plant

[@shadowsonicsilver6]

@@christyadams9235 close A bunch of people with ADHD and Autism ate it and mushrooms and then built civilization.

[@klevan45]

I'm putting forward my theory that humans first domesticated cannabis and got high, then got the munchies and decided to domesticate potatoes, hence the order.

[@irbis_rosh]

Can we please crowdfund this research paper.

[@alexv3357]

Potatoes are native to South America, so that doesn't track, I'm afraid

[@jeff119990]

@@alexv3357 i can get behind the idea that being stoned led to other human inventions, but yeah not the exact theory they posited.

[@anantawikrama2445]

​@@alexv3357i guess the research question could be altered to: What was the first munchies for cannabis consumption?

[@alexv3357]

@@anantawikrama2445 More precisely, what was comfort snack food for the first people to domesticate cannabis specifically for psychoactive effects? Probably it was domesticated multiple times over the years, so there are likely several answers to that question

[@realSpicySicilian]

Reminds me of ayahuasca. When researchers were in the Amazon studying the Amazonians, they asked them, out of the thousands of plant species how did you know which ones to use? The Amazonians responded, "The plant spirits showed us."

[@NullStaticVoid]

Long time ago I worked at a brewery. We had hops growing outside as a decoration. We also knew a few local cannabis farmers. One hazy weekend a branch of MJ got grafted on to the hops. It totally worked! We never got to see what it would taste like as hops or weed. One of the bosses noticed it and got angry. Ripping it all out. Even the stuff that wasn't involved.

[@MrReymoclif714]

Childs Garden of Grass. 1970!!!

[@gaoxiaen1]

He was a true buzzkill.

[@stephaneeism]

I remember reading about this many years ago, but the objective was to graft hops onto a MJ stock so the hops would be enhanced but undetectable as the drug. Ah, the 70s!

[@gaoxiaen1]

@@stephaneeism Easyriders magazine.

[@bigpurplepops]

Remember kids: making something illegal doesn’t stop people from using it widely. It just stops people from researching it widely.

[@mrtienphysics666]

Actually the body also produces endocannabinoid. It that illegal also?

[@keylasharp8281]

​@@mrtienphysics666 in America it is a schedule 1 narcotic federally which means its not supposed to be researched or used in any federal scientific experiments. This is the case because in the 60's the government did studies involving cannabis, LSD and other drugs and deemed them too dangerous for the public.

[@mrtienphysics666]

@@keylasharp8281 the government can but other people cannot?

[@Tripptheripp]

@@mrtienphysics666 no, the government DID IT ALREADY, and it went poorly, so they said nobody should do it. That being said are they STILL doing it? almost definitely.

[@stanleyhyde8529]

​@@keylasharp8281Weed, the most dangerous of illicit substances 🤥

[@betchface752]

I feel like 100 million potheads on earth is an underestimate.

[@MuppetsSh0w]

Maybe in US alone

[@jasonGamesMaster]

@@MuppetsSh0w that'd be just under a third of the population.... yeah, that tracks, lol

[@nebulan]

Sampling bias. 😕

[@djfassler]

I think I make up about half of them.

[@redhandtheblack]

@@jasonGamesMaster The internet is not America :P

[@JASmith-oy8db]

*Somebody* sure is having fun filming this one!

[@Gloominusdm]

Yeah, it's ridiculous.

[@josephjanitorius797]

I'd love to see the parts that got edited out!

[@MNewton]

She is very happy about the puns!

[@ems4884]

She's very giggly.

[@josargu8218]

@@Gloominusdm lighten up dude damn

[@nonreligionist]

😂 the first recorded use of cannabis was literally hotboxing! 😂 I can't! 🤣🤣🤣

[@jeanfredperez1631]

They where probably doing cool sounds too🤣

[@alexwatson5507]

I remember when I was about 15 my mate Ross knocked on my door and said he had a joint his brother had rolled him. We went up to the field and that was that! Ever since. Never gonna stop.

[@Shantosh9550]

Please do an episode on the period where India was an island during the Mesazoic before it collided into Asia.

[@ChrispyNut]

That would be cool.

[@user-vy6kk9or4i]

Heck yeah

[@saadejaaz8672]

Super cool video idea

[@willythemailboy2]

I just saw somewhere else that there was a theorized land bridge between India and Madagascar to explain the existence of lemur fossils in both places but not in Africa, when the reality is that India was the last major land mass Madagascar separated from.

[@HuckleberryHim]

@@willythemailboy2 Man India "only" joined Asia 35 mya and today its fauna seems basically like typical Laurasian fauna, so cool to imagine what was there when it was a giant island. I wonder if any of that Gondwanan uniqueness survives or it was all just overwhelmed by Asian biota

[@TransSappho]

Fun linguistic fact about cannabis: the words cannabis and hemp actually come from the same root word! There’s a much older Indo-European word, hannapiz, which turned into hanap in proto-Germanic languages and kannabis in Ancient Greek!

[@kroganlove3640]

The word Assassin comes from the world Hashish. In the middle east there was a group of assassins that were known to smoke a lot of hash, so they were called Hashishans and then later assassins. And yes, the video game Assassin's creed IS based on the Hashishans. Although VERY loosely.

[@oscard.lisboa6105]

​@@kroganlove3640thought they were hassansins, must be conflicting theories

[@kroganlove3640]

@@oscard.lisboa6105 looks like you ran into a bad translation on the road to google.

[@oscard.lisboa6105]

@kroganlove3640 nah, lol, just found the Wikipedia article I read when I was 12, when I did nothing but play AC

[@oscard.lisboa6105]

@kroganlove3640 also confused what they called the assassins in the prince of persia movie

[@lukewilliamrimmington]

🎶I was gonna clean my room... But then I watched EON's...🎶

[@googledrivetutorials7048]

Congrats to six years as a presenter 🥳 I love the format and hope for many more episodes with you ☺️

[@djhavenm]

As a child of the "Just Say No" era, I never would have imagined PBS engaging in stoner humor.

[@Oi-Oi-Oi-420]

imagine in 25 years...

[@havi8-0-9]

@@Oi-Oi-Oi-420def not gonna be supporting tar or anything relax bud 😂

[@gritty7474]

@@Oi-Oi-Oi-420don’t push it😂

[@ComingInLit]

That era was awful 😂 So many unhappy people

[@bartolomeothesatyr]

I was born at the bitter end of the Seventies right before Reagan took office, and I gotta say I wouldn't've imagined it either. Hosanna!

[@SkatersHeaven]

Cannabis helps me stay domesticated

[@ems4884]

Are you a dog?

[@michaelpiotte8886]

Same dude, same

[@tarttooth6022]

@@ems4884 Aren't we all?

[@MaryamMaqdisi]

​@@tarttooth6022 some of us are cats but same logic applies

[@joelsavoie8641]

Ain't that the truth

[@Samael1113]

Kallie giving big pothead vibes in this video lol.

[@radagastbrown9001]

I've been researching the subject for 40 years.

[@TheMichaelShowYT2015]

No one cares

[@robrod7120]

People often underestimate how important the invention of rope and string must have been to our ancestors. Fiber crops like hemp would have been perfect candidates for early domestication since the benefit of consistently having rope for bows and slings is very very clear, even in areas where food was not scarce and the benefits of domesticating plants for food may have been less clear

[@pattheplanter]

Honeysuckle was a big thing to the British in the Stone Age, because rope was made from the stems.

[@MossyMozart]

@robrod7120 - The Neanderthals made string, but I don't know if it was made from hemp fibers. It is a POSSIBILITY, but not proved, that they used the string for weaving. They were certainly smart enough to recognize the importance of garments. Smoking? Sure, they breathed in hearth smoke, but cannabis............?

[@matthewcox7985]

One comedian suggested that the word "Canvas" was a corruption of "Cannabis." After reading some of these comments, I'm certain the comedian was smoking _something_. But what or how much, I have no idea!

[@pattheplanter]

@@matthewcox7985 Canvas was originallly made from hemp fibre, hence the name is derived from Old French canevas, ultimately from Latin cannabaceus. Modern canvas may be made from linen, hemp or other fibres.

[@SuperChaz_]

​@spitt3640 Carrying things is an extremely important ability for survival and efficiency. Imagine how hard it would be to collect berries and only have your hand(s) to hold them. Discover fiber and weave a basket or sew pockets pretty quick after that

[@domination1985]

I was against smoking it for years and after I got hurt at work and they would no longer cover my medicine and it got up to $800 a month just luckily my state happened to pass medical marijuana so my doctor said I should switch to it and give it a try I was able to give up all of my pain medicine which was morphine and hydrocodone combined in less than a month and I've been clean off of the pills for over 3 years now

[@barrymoore4470]

A close friend of mine who believes himself to be bipolar has reported much more success with cannabis than with the medically prescribed drugs he's tried for his depressive episodes.

[@julianshepherd2038]

I was living on pills and felt rotten. So much better on the devils lettuce

[@TTM9691]

That is incredible to hear, holy smokes, thanks for sharing that.

[@hugegamer5988]

Your chances of dying from an opiate addiction are very high while even insane amounts of cannabis use are almost never fatal. Glad it works for you, it’s much safer and nearly free by comparison.

[@sarapowers8827]

I live in Virginia in the appalachians hit hard by the opioid epidemic and legalization has helped alot. It makes me so happy to see. I'm so glad you found a safer alternative.

[@lucasfrazee6562]

This was so awesome to hear y'all get so many details right! Especially regarding wild-type feral populations.

[@davidc4581]

This was beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

[@joeyj5538]

“It’s just a plant, it just grows like that and if you should happen to set it on fire….. it has some effects” Katt Williams

[@kh5603]

hahahahahaha love that Katt!

[@mnts9101]

Pure poem

[@nyves104]

I am forever thankful for it's pain relieving properties, it's the only relief I get these days

[@RealMTBAddict]

Its

[@aegresen]

Same here, I have chronic migraine, been having them since I was 10 yrs old, with each episode lasting at least 2 weeks. THC has been the best pain relieving option I've found, though its one side effect is that it's made me a bit pudgy, lol. Need to fix my snacking habits.

[@MichaelWinter-ss6lx]

For some with cancer, its the only way they can start eating.

[@larryscarr3897]

Bull$hit!! An aspirin works better, you just get high.

[@down-to-earth-mystery-school]

Same

[@FoxVox]

OMG PBS Eons is the cats pajamas. Every video is something I wanted to know and then they pop up in the thumbnails. Love this channel.

[@xamit1u]

I remember PBS used to introduce me to the joys of learning about colors, math, art, history... now I'm learning about pot... while doin dabs... I'm kinda happy right now.

[@DarthObscurity]

Considering the way it was used in the funeral, it was clear the civilization had experience with the plant, so it's first use was most definitely way before that point.

[@shipwreck9146]

Yeah, totally agreed. Long enough for this plant to become a core feature of their important cultural ceremonies.

[@HuckleberryHim]

Burnt organic matter is also very fragile and hard to find in the archaeological record. If the hemp-type and drug-type varieties did really diverge 4,000 years ago, its psychoactive use would probably be at least that old. But I suspect it's not a coincidence that this one plant is so amazing at so many things and that it was domesticated so early; I think there must have been some awareness of its mind-altering properties even around 10,000 years ago. But that would be pretty impossible to directly prove.

[@peterlukaszewski]

I, on the other hand suspect, it would take them almost no time at all to make that step. Just about any excuse would do 😂

[@RussTi]

First Confirmed use. it's a fragile plant so there is not much historic evidence to go on in the first place.

[@nicks1451]

1:05 PBS Eons knew what audience this video would attract and picked the perfect opportunity to psych them out. Legendary.

[@kcdiazWTV]

Dang, it got me. lol

[@BrainStain88]

They totally got me!

[@jasonsmith530]

‘Twas a rascals giggle

[@ytbb105]

This is the only PBS Eons topic that I have extensive previous research in

[@trupac8425]

Thank you PBS... You've kept me fascinated for almost 4 decades. ❤

[@djevans614]

I'm a California cannabis farmer and I loved this video. It's the best eons yet, lol. Keep up the "high" quality videos.

[@MichaelWinter-ss6lx]

A nice video about the StonedAge.

[@tinotibaldo]

Can you get high enough to reach the top of the mountain?

[@guero8555]

Got them lbs 👀

[@askimo_]

👀

[@jasoncaine2600]

Hopefully you're not using eagle 20 I know how Cali growers love to contaminate their weed 🤷‍♂️

[@kurczaczak]

When discussing the "why" of certain traits it's important to keep in mind that from the perspective of any species, being useful to humans and cultivated by them is basically hitting the evolutionary jackpot

[@Senriam]

Unless you’re an animal. Cow: I wish for my genetics to be spread far and wide over this earth and for my populations to reach amazing heights! Monkey paw finger: * curls *

[@coolingindaboot6853]

@@Senriamlmao, still most of them get to live a decent life before the inevitable happens

[@amj0823]

I thought you said "...it's important to keep in mind that from the perspective of _my_ species...." and I was like "whoa pal what species are you a part of?"

[@WalterBurton]

100%

[@Eronoc13]

​@@SenriamHey, still a jackpot in evolutionary terms!

[@icomefromthemountain291]

Bravo PBS! Funny and educational. It is surreal to think about how far we’ve come in America since the 80s with our understanding and embracing.

[@alexco621]

So Happy you made one on cannabis.🎉 But i wish you made it more detailed also on the genetics, reproduction system and classification

[@aaronmarks9366]

Fun linguistic fact: the English words "cannabis" and "hemp" are actually the same word. "Cannabis" is the Latin name for the plant, and was adopted by English in the 18th century. "Hemp" meanwhile is a word that has been in English since the beginning of the language: while only one syllable today, in Old English (from the period between 400 and 1100 AD), it was a two-syllable word, "henep" (or "hænep"). Since Old English branched from other Germanic languages (English is related to Dutch, German, Norwegian, and other languages of the Germanic group), there is an even earlier form of this word that would have been used by the original Proto-Germanic culture: "hanapiz", a reconstruction by linguists (since it does not directly appear in any writing we have). And "hanapiz" shows a very systematic resemblance to Latin "cannabis", meaning that these are ultimately the same word, which likely originated in a language closer to the Central Asian/Tibetan homeland of the plant. One more word is connected to these: "canvas". This word entered English in the 14th century from Anglo-Norman, a Romance language closely related to French and used in the government of England at the time. The Anglo-Norman word was "canevaz", and referred to the sturdy fabric we still call "canvas", but in origin the word meant "made from hemp", because "canevaz" (and "canvas") are the local Romance descendants of the Latin word "cannabis". Incidentally, Latin itself got the word "cannabis" from Ancient Greek "kannabis", which in turn, as mentioned above, likely originated in a language near Central Asia/Tibet.

[@magichands135]

We still use the word 'hennep' (nl)

[@whoops9443]

Really cool comment, just wanted to point out that the two words being etymologically related doesn't make them the same word. "Hemp" and "cannabis" would be doublets.

[@aaronmarks9366]

@@whoops9443 True, 'same word' is a little vague, doublets is indeed the correct term. English has so many fascinating doublets (and triplets!)

[@aaronmarks9366]

@@magichands135 That's really cool! As far as I could find, Dutch (and Afrikaans) is one of the only Germanic languages that kept the second vowel in this word into modern times. It looks like a few dialects of Low German and Central German may be the only other ones.

[@whoops9443]

@@aaronmarks9366 Fascinating, what are some others? I love this stuff lol

[@StayPrimal]

Glad you post this video! Cannabis has been part of humanity for ever. Then some dude with a tie decided it was illegal one day. Glad we are back to normal, it personally helped me a lot with depression.

[@cspahn3221]

yep- and now conservatives in the US find any way to villainize it

[@arby64]

It helps me with my emotional regulation and chronic pain! It's no cure all but damn if it's not helpful

[@davidva8694]

Sadly, It’s still a scheduled drug so I don’t see the normalcy. When it’s put on the same tier as Tylenol or aspirin then it could be considered normal.

[@DarthObscurity]

@@davidva8694 This is only true if you're a robot and think that all laws are moral.

[@kroganlove3640]

Actually humans may in fact have only become what we now call human, because of drugs.

[@tedking6790]

Great video to show someone who is freaking out on cannabis, chills you right out.

[@zvalera]

This was so well written and presented, bravo!

[@dratgon]

The writers definitely used the “high” adjective as often as possible in the script. And doesn’t hurt that Kallie added a little emphasis 😂

[@MrYahboo]

It actually did hurt. At least, it hurt my sensibilities. Perhaps my sense of humour is a bit more well-developed.

[@RyuichiNoGekido]

Capsicums and cannabis: Let's make chemicals to deter predation Humans: challenge accepted

[@royalewit-cheeze4673]

Underrated 😂

[@CortexNewsService]

Pretty much

[@dillcifer]

Both are best

[@hrpdrp97]

Bitter flavor that is in cabbage and broccoli is the same way too

[@jeffcook6446]

I just made a batch of Szechuan pepper oil.......I might try the other one for (ahem) scientific purposes.

[@hogan5797]

Somehow she connects this all to the beginning of our Universe. And to that I say: Beautifully done. I consumed cannabis while watching this video and couldn’t be more pleased. Thank you for your service!

[@bettyswallocks6411]

Greetings from Vienna, which, back in the day was the Northern Roman Empire’s rope-making centre. Rope, in those days was made from fibrous plant material, and the best of the best was hemp, or cannabis. This has left its mark, in the shape of some of the local beer, which instead of using their cousin, hops, some local beers, in season, are brewed with hemp, rather than hops, for the bitter taste we love. And it’s delicious.

[@fellabay]

I was super baked when i watched this...

[@organicleaf]

as it should be

[@michaelhowell2326]

I waited to watch this just so I could be too. High five, brother!

[@sarapowers8827]

Just come back in and it was just waiting for me 🙏

[@Jorgejonston]

Currently baked while watching 😊

[@hez859]

I'm usually high when I watch eons tbh

[@klyanadkmorr]

What is amazing is steppe horse tribes had smoke houses like our saunas and threw cannabis on the steam charcoals for relaxing highs. To chill after a nice raid. 🤟🤪

[@ericsilver9401]

New business idea unlocked

[@pattheplanter]

Also described by Herodotus among the Scythians before 2400 BCE, at the other end of the steppes.

[@klyanadkmorr]

@@pattheplanter When I say Steppe Tribes I mean all Euro-Asian horse steppe tribes all named groups who due to environment & horse riding raising shared adopted similar traditions. Like for N. Am PLAINS Native Am. tribes who share similar cultural styles♥

[@deedoyle4069]

sounds terrific!

[@deedoyle4069]

this kills chronic pain...mostly, but better than drugs.

[@jeradtb]

So cool! Thanks for the research EONS!! :D

[@youprettywow]

I'm here for the puns. Also love how the host keeps cracking herself up 😂

[@jjerg]

Hot boxing is older than joints, bongs and bowls. Groovy. 🔥

[@user-et2dx5du7e]

really hope KZbin won't demonitize this

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

Oh, they will. That's a given. The Killjoys!

[@oscard.lisboa6105]

They shouldnt, its not endorsing use of marijuana, and its purely educational, that said, dunno if yt will realize

[@RealMTBAddict]

PBS is federally funded

[@HuckleberryHim]

imagine PBS getting censored by KZbin, wild

[@dontbestupid6664]

Why? Do you get a cut?

[@tonyngo9200]

Im been smoking this wonderful plant for probably 20 yrs. More on and off but been a frequent smoker the last few yrs. Weed itself isnt addictive whats addictive is the endless laughs and great times with friends

[@h7opolo]

i appreciate your mirth and clear enunciations bereft of accent.

[@otashigo]

It'd be awesome if you did this series for other vegetables and fruits specially for ones with contended origins like cocoa beans.

[@Brieperalta]

Have you seen the Floralogic channel?

[@otashigo]

​@@BrieperaltaI'll definately check it out later

[@darrellvice2010]

​@@otashigothe channel is called animalogic and they have a series called floralogic

[@Brieperalta]

Yes! You can look up Floralogic to find the series directly. 😁 But I definitely love Animalogic and Paleologic as well! ❤️

[@MrNewber01]

the humanity domesticated the potato, wheat and corn to deal with the food craving that it causes on the users LOL

[@thederpypikachu9873]

Corn and potatoes are from the Americas. doesn't track.

[@geraldfriend256]

Sunchips bruh.

[@bearpaw851]

maaaaaan one of my favorite channels with my favorite plants. Let's go

[@KatholikoPharorah]

One thing they left out is corn, nonsweet potatoes, chocolate, and tomatoes are native to America so all plants native to the east have all been cultivated way longer. We simply didn't have these to cultivate till the natives came. Around 25k possibly closer to 40k.

[@Cptmorgon]

PBS Eons office is going to be 100% drug tested by big PBS come Monday.

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@hanzelfry]

​@@xXVitalsXx not in my state. Idaho is still behind, CBD just recently was legalized.

[@kingace6186]

Kinda crazy how legal states, like California, still drug test you. I get not being high at work, but damn you can't even be high at home?

[@TTM9691]

Congratulations on making what will be the most watched PBS Eons video ever. 🤩 To be honest, at the end, it just got me angrier that it was so illegal to the point of destroying people's lives, throwing them in jail for long sentences, and for what? Unbelievable. Something that goes back to the very dawn of agriculture. Mindboggling.

[@harpyspeaks]

I felt the same exact emotion. Like the audacity to make a plant which was domesticated before WHEAT illegal. ASTONISHING

[@CRT_sRGB]

This is the kind of bandwagoning I can get behind! Informative and entertaining. For those who partake, this hopefully shall serve as a "gateway" video to the other PBS Eons videos. Something tells me Mary Jane and deep dives into primordial subjects will be a mind-bending combo.

[@garrysinclair9767]

What a fascinating commentary. Thank you, PBS. Its illegality in many countries in the modern world is strange especially given that tobacco and alcohol have not been so severely restricted. One wonders whether the tobacco industry in particular had a hand in this.

[@KarenLee-bs5ms]

Lol ha ha ha ha.. why was this recommended to me😂😂😂.. I was laughing through most of this

[@christopherbrand5360]

I eat hemp seeds almost every day in my morning porridge. They have a fantastic nutrient profile

[@donnaminar4689]

George Washington grew hemp. Back then, it was one of the best fibers for hawsers and other heavy-duty ropes, especially on ships. It still is today.

[@lesleyghostdragon3149]

"Oh boy!" in-giggly-deed 😂👏 Six years🎉 Thank you, Kallie, and the entire PBS Eons crew for all the wonderful work you do 🙏🌟

[@CountGremlin]

Imagine going back in time and giving an ancient human a 2000 mg death star edible 😂😂😂

[@oscard.lisboa6105]

Bro will invent every religion known to man, and santaclaus

[@JoeJaJoeJoe]

that's how jam bands start

[@Jake_________]

imagine getting laughed out of the tribe because they are smoking entire plants in a sitting

[@roydenhunt]

They would have a spiritual journey to say the least.

[@geraldfriend256]

You’d get caveman Joey Diaz

[@jonathanmosqueda5740]

Samples are hard to collect geez I wonder why 😂. I love this episode!

[@kalsinakov4774]

Ive worked in the cannabis industry for nearly a decade and found it peculiar there was no mention of Cannabis Indica or Cannabis Ruderalis. Definitely enjoyed learning a bit of "connective tissue" of information for something im both very interested and experienced in.

[@geoffreystraw5268]

Considering it very powerful anti inflammatory properties it would make sense ancient cultures would cultivate it and use. On top of that the fibers that they produce produce even today some of the best natural rope in the world still. Especially if you consider India and Ghee. Infusing butter with cannabis would allow you to rub it on sore parts of the body working as a painkiller way way before tylenol.

[@PainterVierax]

not just ropes. Hemp quality as a textile is well known and still extremely used for clothing.

[@sswwooppee]

I predict cannabis goes back much farther than we currently think.

[@buzz5969]

It goes back to the 1970s in my history, in middle school school, lunch breaks in the Fl pine thickets at school lol, as for any other history not interested.😊

[@MRosati5000]

We'll never know our realhistory. It's fun to discuss.

[@tonyngo9200]

...unfortunately we just cant remember when

[@thenoellewaren]

I know that terpenes are aromatic compounds found in weed as well as other plants (pinene in pine trees, linalool in lavender, etc). I wonder if the "relaxation" effect that we feel with aromatherapy is a reaction caused by the endocannabinoid system in the same way that THC & other psychoactive cannabinoid compounds create the "high" effect. As an avid stoner and Anthropology student, this video is super cool to me! This also came out at the perfect time, with cannabis being reclassified as a schedule 3 drug in the US. I hope lots of people watch this video and really try to understand just how integral cannabis is in our natural world - and our culture!

[@kh5603]

LMAO @1:13 hilarious "can YOU imagine?" *insert stoner giggle

[@leppardman4779]

Missed opportunity to upload on Saturday 20th but still great content as always

[@davidcoquelle3081]

Cannabis was literally born High

[@matthewcox7985]

So Cannabis comes from, and takes us to, High places?

[@kandidkameron]

I’m gonna have to re-watch this … when i’m not high 😂💚😎

[@smegul1464]

❤ i saved this to watch later and its been 11 days 😂.

[@mpitaji]

I so fell for the 420mya line...

[@sydhenderson6753]

Cannabinoids seem to be at least that old, just not cannabis itself.

[@Sidney_Williams]

Never been this early for an eons upload 😁

[@imakewavs]

Me neither, something’s up 😂

[@ganeshgospat2002]

Watching this after 12joints🔥🕊️

[@juangil384]

I love her. I find those people who transmit this kind of information has to be very smart to code all the knowledge some how in the brain, and choosing the right wording to carefully lead the narrative… incredible woman

[@Duiker36]

I love that you think she writes the episodes.

[@hrpdrp97]

​@@Duiker36they said "I find those people who transmit this kind of information...." then later, after the statement, they say a separate statement "..... incredible woman" so, I guess it's funny you assume they assumed she wrote the whole script lol😅

[@michaeljones825]

I thought her interaction with the script was exceptional

[@samstrange1543]

@@Duiker36she’s just riffing bro, she’s that talented!

[@barrymoore4470]

Cannabis is an incredible multi-use plant, so it makes sense that human beings noticed it and exploited it from an early stage. I'm reminded of the speculation that the natural fermentation of gathered grains, with its resulting intoxicating alcohol, may have been an essential catalyst for the agricultural revolution. It really is so arrogant and silly to criminalize an organism that evolved in nature.

[@bottledwater4484]

I don't know... perhaps not with cannabis but I think having restrictions on poppy's and such to be pretty reasonable.

[@hugegamer5988]

This a main reason it was made illegal. It posed a serious risk to the wood pulping industry while also predominantly having the “undesirable” classes use it as a drug. Thus two birds were struck without even a stone.

[@Taomantom]

so many jokes and such a cute giggle! I am 63 and started when I was 14 in Oklahoma!

[@manuelferreira4345]

Thanks for this I had a dmt vision that the seeds dropping on the way up the hill sprouted grew and over time increased the thc due to altitude

[@MaddoxLightning]

As an indigenous descendant, it means the world to be that you acknowledge indigenous peoples and land spaces. In addition, I am curious about Coyote fossils here on Turtle Island (North and or South America) and around the world. These beings have been our companions since time immemorial. Have there been any interesting fossils found of Coyotes within ancient cities? And or burials?

[@AriesKJJ2]

Neat! I just ended a cannabis pause from Jan. 29 that cleaned up my lungs, erased the immunity that happens and proved to my wife that I really could do it! Now Eons hands me a little congratulatory gift as I bubble away?! 😁 life is fun and Carl Sagaan was stoner and if you don't know who that is you're so lucky!!! ...to be able to watch "Cosmos" for the first time, one of the all time great PBS series! ENJOY!!!

[@harpyspeaks]

Carl Sagan was a stoner? This is an absolute win. I need to rewatch cosmos

[@lindboknifeandtool]

That’s the best way to use it. As a treat. When it’s daily, like it has been for me for a while, it doesn’t really do anything. I could win a smoking contest and feel maybe tired. When I have a low tolerance it’s a powerful, fun drug. The way it works for me now is great but it’s nice to have fun sometimes

[@havi8-0-9]

if you wanna cleanse your lungs make some mullein it clears your lungs really well but you actually gonna have to cough it up

[@lagodifuoco313]

Carl "Cosmos" Sagan was definitely a pot smoker. He also "experimented" with other mind altering substances. So, did/do many great thinkers. Hail Sagan!!! 🤘

[@Sara-zx2wm]

I absolutely looove all the little jokes! Hahaha! That was fantastic!! ❤

[@tylerrichards5457]

Perfect day to watch this 💚

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

1:02 😂😂😂😅😅 I never expected such humor from this channel LOL

[@King_JappyJoe]

Now THIS is the content I want 😂😂

[@adamsaldana5462]

It's like the cows strategy of being really big. It's not that it's the strategy, that's it's unique feature that secured it's place next to humanity

[@PsycHoOone]

Very fun and interesting video! :D Really learned some new stuff about Cannabis' past :D

[@jimmiewomble416]

In the Cretaceous Hell Creek formation of Wyoming, three cannabis leaf fossils have been recovered. They are currently in the Yale Peabody museum of Washington D.C.

[@JoonasPajari]

They are not cannabis leaf fossils. The video says hops and cannabis diverged roughly 28 million years ago and CHC formation dates back to 66 million years ago. Also, Cannabis is an Old World plant and is thus not native to the Americas but was brought there by the first Europeans.

[@marcbelisle5685]

Special thanks to this month’s Eontologists: Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg … and Steve.

[@MossyMozart]

@marcbelisle5685 - Seriously, whatever became of the generous Steve?

[@sophierobinson2738]

How we miss Steve. Long may his name be revered.

[@KA-pq3yz]

She was smiling and laughing a lot 😂 We know why😂😂