Here is a detailed breakdown of the specific fears that live in the human hindbrain, why they exist, and how they still manipulate us today.
This manifests as an innate revulsion toward snakes (ophidiophobia) or spiders (arachnophobia). Our ancestors who were "pre-programmed" to jump at a rustle in the leaves were the ones who survived to pass on their genes. 4. Fear of Isolation and Abandonment primal fears
Lack of Air.
The Unknown Predator.
While lists vary, most evolutionary psychologists agree that primal fears cluster around four existential threats to the biological machine. Here is a detailed breakdown of the specific
Before germ theory, humans understood "The Rot." We have a biological revulsion response to things that could poison us: the smell of decay, the sheen of slime, the writhing of maggots. While lists vary, most evolutionary psychologists agree that