> The research appears to explain how mammal brains are able to temporarily decouple mind and body – though it's still not clear why they have this ability. An

> The research appears to explain how mammal brains are able to temporarily decouple mind and body – though it's still not clear why they have this ability. Ancient mammals had access to natural drugs and, with drugs being drugs, used them. What may have started as a small upper eventually became a dissociation, as we sought more and more of the stuff. Fixing your life purpose in the process, to benefit the species, is certainly something that evolution may have selected.