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    • Predators 'drove human evolution'

      Posted by Billbar from BBC News

      "Our intelligence, co-operation and many other features we have as modern humans developed from our attempts to out-smart the predator," said Robert Sussman of Washington University in St Louis. According to the theory espoused by Professor Sussman, early humans evolved not as hunters but as prey for animals such as wild dogs, cats, hyenas, eagles and crocodiles.

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    • Colour vision evolved to spot our blushes

      Posted by Billbar from Codylyonblogolater.blogspot

      Colour vision may have evolved in primates, the only mammals with the ability to see in colour, to help them pick up on changes in blood and oxygen concentrations beneath the skin’s surface, giving access to emotional cues.

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    • Britons unconvinced on evolution

      Posted by Billbar from BBC News

      More than half the British population does not accept the theory of evolution. Furthermore, more than 40% of those questioned believe that creationism or intelligent design should be taught in school science lessons.

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