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. 2023 May 8:46:e61.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X22001789.

Conceptualization, context, and comparison are key to understanding the evolution of fear

Jacob C Dunn  1   2   3 , Rachael Miller  1   4 , Krishna Balasubramaniam  1 , Çağlar Akçay  1 , Claudia A F Wascher  1
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Conceptualization, context, and comparison are key to understanding the evolution of fear

Jacob C Dunn et al. Behav Brain Sci. .

Abstract

The fearful ape hypothesis proposes that heightened fearfulness in humans is adaptive. However, despite its attractive anthropocentric narrative, the evidence presented for greater fearfulness in humans versus other apes is not sufficient to support this claim. Conceptualization, context, and comparison are strongly lacking in Grossmann's proposal, but are key to understanding variation in the fear response among individuals and species.

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