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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50 Comments

  1. @borealstudios3170 on November 24, 2024 at 12:09 am

    Crazy thing to think when you are high is that your DNA got reshaped by millions of your ancestors also getting high.



  2. @01.ahmadzakyl83 on November 24, 2024 at 12:11 am

    In my country cannabis was illegal, but i wanna sense of its.



  3. @jordanalexander4331 on November 24, 2024 at 12:13 am

    Moses and the burning bush, you can’t tell me that man was not high when he heard β€œI am that I am”



  4. @briandrake6660 on November 24, 2024 at 12:14 am

    Cannabis leaves has almost no THC



  5. @AshishGurung-x6s on November 24, 2024 at 12:19 am

    How did they know
    From thousands and thousands of weed that a certain plant gets you high



  6. @aeazfh1800 on November 24, 2024 at 12:19 am

    how come no samples were taken from the swana region given how much of it exists there?



  7. @ebonyblack4563 on November 24, 2024 at 12:22 am

    So, much like how peppers were trying not to get eaten then.



  8. @memyselfandi2908 on November 24, 2024 at 12:24 am

    Fun fact…im high right nowπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚



  9. @prophez23 on November 24, 2024 at 12:25 am

    Those ancient farmers would trip if they were to get a taste of the highly cultivated species we have now.



  10. @akhilsharma5536 on November 24, 2024 at 12:28 am

    1. Strange plant wtf?
    2. Makes sense that we domesticated hemp before staples, thats how we got the brains duh.
    3. We have a long history with this plant, the cruel controlling type era saw this plant being banned and the open discussion based era this plant was regarded quite highly. Also it might would have helped cruel controlling era’s end.
    4. Yes some cows(figuratively speaking) and other creatures dont seem to like it.
    5. Independently evolved is a wrong assumption.



  11. @talon1706 on November 24, 2024 at 12:28 am

    I’m thankful for the vast selection at my local dispensary.



  12. @allanboab on November 24, 2024 at 12:28 am

    But canny find it in ma private STASH πŸ˜‚β€



  13. @THAK.ANAN.MAKSANG on November 24, 2024 at 12:29 am

    ΰΉ€ΰΈͺรมกัญชา



  14. @djay5818 on November 24, 2024 at 12:31 am

    himalayas are source of weed



  15. @mariogarcia8693 on November 24, 2024 at 12:34 am

    Weed still safer than peanuts free all safe plants ASAP



  16. @hanisrosli5484 on November 24, 2024 at 12:35 am

    So no wonder its have HIGH property element because it originate at high tibetan plateuπŸ˜…



  17. @Ken-rq9xr on November 24, 2024 at 12:36 am

    If cannabis could taste Brownies it would want to be a brownie πŸ€”πŸ˜ΈπŸ¦œπŸ––



  18. @kbailey9156 on November 24, 2024 at 12:37 am

    I can’t find a lighter



  19. @Ionee-q4f on November 24, 2024 at 12:38 am

    1:47 thats actually crazy beer and weed secret relatives



  20. @shiningplatypus on November 24, 2024 at 12:41 am

    So the funeral was the first hotbox ever? πŸ«¨πŸ˜‚πŸ«‘



  21. @hipacrocadog on November 24, 2024 at 12:41 am

    I can’t even begin to list all the things this video got wrong πŸ˜‚



  22. @kyle5978 on November 24, 2024 at 12:43 am

    So India started weed?



  23. @micahpruitt5500 on November 24, 2024 at 12:43 am

    So it came from the gods.



  24. @puffmane7169 on November 24, 2024 at 12:44 am

    So Indica is drug type and hemp type is sativa



  25. @allanboab on November 24, 2024 at 12:44 am

    Temple ⚑🍩πŸšͺ🦡😭



  26. @melody3741 on November 24, 2024 at 12:45 am

    What about ecology? What eat it, and what pollinates it? What kind of insects and interact with it in a positive or negative way?



  27. @allanboab on November 24, 2024 at 12:45 am

    πŸ˜‚ ball πŸ€ sweet 🧁



  28. @briandrake6660 on November 24, 2024 at 12:46 am

    This is a guess. Most likely close.



  29. @nealamesbury7953 on November 24, 2024 at 12:47 am

    Evolution should have stopped in the 80’s



  30. @shahshank on November 24, 2024 at 12:49 am

    I imagine that PBS asked her "Hey. What do you think about an origin video for cannabis.
    Her: "hi, yes".



  31. @nischith2062 on November 24, 2024 at 12:51 am

    πŸ•‰οΈ



  32. @StoneWeevil on November 24, 2024 at 12:51 am

    Gonna go get baked with a sea urchin



  33. @sshomesteaders1776 on November 24, 2024 at 12:52 am

    I would be a feral human without spleef



  34. @antonioconeglian5688 on November 24, 2024 at 12:52 am

    The family reunionπŸ˜‚πŸ˜…



  35. @qrisgeorge on November 24, 2024 at 12:53 am

    Did you just say "ec-scaped"?? LOL



  36. @SLTTPOH on November 24, 2024 at 12:55 am

    The word drug should not be used for cannabis



  37. @hungryluma27 on November 24, 2024 at 12:56 am

    Watched this stoned



  38. @jordanalexander4331 on November 24, 2024 at 12:56 am

    Moses and the burning bush, you can’t tell me that man was not high when he heard β€œI am that I am”



  39. @rickyspanish3668 on November 24, 2024 at 12:57 am

    Legalize it.. its natural. If tobacco is legal, weed should be to. Tobacco will get you high. You ever hot box a newport?



  40. @silviofontana3666 on November 24, 2024 at 12:57 am

    I thought that Ruderalis was closely related to the original.



  41. @shashankmongrel on November 24, 2024 at 12:57 am

    She’s so happy doing this video



  42. @ll7868 on November 24, 2024 at 12:58 am

    Well of course domestic weed cultivation came before farming wheat, veggies and fruit. Everyone knows you have to smoke the weed first, THEN you get the munchies and hunting is out of the question, you’re just too happy to want to kill a cute wee bunny, then have to skin, gut and cook it, by then your buzz is gone and you’ve worked up an even bigger appetite.



  43. @Grasser88 on November 24, 2024 at 12:58 am

    Puffing on one as we speak



  44. @gracie1785 on November 24, 2024 at 12:59 am

    Gonna take an edible just to be festive for this one



  45. @BAD46660 on November 24, 2024 at 1:00 am

    Plate tectonics gave us weed…. I love geology!πŸ˜‚



  46. @LifeTrips-p6n on November 24, 2024 at 1:01 am

    It’s started in my infinity



  47. @kdog543 on November 24, 2024 at 1:02 am

    It actually grew in dinosaur days they found fossil of 3 to 6 feet long sun leaves of canibus plant.πŸ’œπŸͺ΄πŸŒ΄πŸ™ And in some areas and peoples a religion and or considered a holy thing to some cultures in the world too and alot of species went extinct when it was taboo or outlawed too while some strains advanced πŸͺ΄πŸ’œπŸŒ΄They said scale model and todays scale canibus plant be the size of a pine tree in retrospectively speakingπŸ˜‚



  48. @unclerico1106 on November 24, 2024 at 1:03 am

    Im thinking weed was grown to deter animals and over many years was just found to be ineffective and also other uses was found for the plant. Also food and livestock was needed to be grown cause it brought money and or trade to your home or trade for services. Hemp textiles wouldve been great for clothes and possibly did provide for alot of our clothes in the early days.



  49. @Susspect69 on November 24, 2024 at 1:05 am

    Indians have been using ganja as we call it for thousands of years



  50. @HablemosDeWeedTV on November 24, 2024 at 1:06 am

    Drug-Type ahahaha xd