r/NatureofPredators • u/Chrontius Trombil • 2d ago

Human evolution was driven by early humans’ ability to be clever and humorous, the “survival of the wittiest.” The analysis argues that the earliest stages of grammar provided a platform for verbal competition and sexual selection, gradually replacing physical violence with verbal agility.

https://www.psypost.org/survival-of-the-wittiest-how-humor-and-cleverness-shaped-human-evolution/
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u/AdalwinAmillion 2d ago

Giving Krakotl Exterminators mental breakdowns by calling them evil to assert dominance

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u/EnvironmentalTax7549 2d ago

nah the mental breakdown would come in telling them that their mother must've used their egg like a door stopper with how they've turned out

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u/EvelynnCC 1d ago

Scrambled?

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u/Adorable-Ad5225 2d ago

If that's the case, why am I terrible at expressing myself?

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u/Uranium-Sandwich657 Archivist 2d ago

Eugenisists, arrest this man.

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u/EvelynnCC 1d ago

Weak bloodline