ANTH 7 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Morning Sickness, Nutrient, Volatiles
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Like how there"s 2 million parts of the eye but if one or two go wrong you could go blind. Involuntary choices humans make on being confronted by overwhelming danger. Freeze to "invisibility" to maximize probability predator"s or antagonist"s visual system will overlook you: this is the first thing that you can do; be motionless as to not be seen, tonic immobility, phrase for this. Scream suppressed: nightmares where they want to scream but they can"t. "hypnosis: trajectory comes close to you but ambiguous as to whether the threat sees you, too close for flight when first detected. If you run, motion will draw their attention and if they are close you are dead. If you stay still, there is a chance they don"t see you: adaptations don"t have to be perfect solutions to be selected for, you bet your chips. Scream in terror = summon for help: automatic emission and detection.
