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An anthropologist explores the Snake Detection Theory, which argues that primate visual acuity evolved due to the ancient predator-prey relationship between snakes and primates

Why are so many of us afraid of snakes? And more curiously, why does our unconscious mind recognize them as a threat before our conscious mind? Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology Lynne A. Isbell dives into how our relationship with snakes is an ancient one that reaches back to the evolutionary origins of primates.

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