Jeanna Bryner
LiveScience Staff Writer
LiveScience.com
Tue Sep 25, 9:20 AM ET
LiveScience Staff Writer
LiveScience.com
Tue Sep 25, 9:20 AM ET
Like hunter-gatherers in the jungle, modern humans are still experts at spotting predators and prey, despite the developed world's safe suburbs and indoor lifestyle, a new study suggests.
The research, published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals that humans today are hard-wired to pay attention to other people and animals much more so than non-living things, even if inanimate objects are the primary hazards for modern, urbanized folks.
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