Research Conclusions The evolution of anteriorly directed eyes and orbital convergence thus has been hypothesized to have been functionally related to locomotion, feeding behavior, and the detection/avoidance of predators, and many of these arguments continue to this day. The three …

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The snake detection hypothesis draws support from neuroscientific studies which suggest that primate-specific regions of the visual system involved in the fast processing of threatening images (called the pulvinar visual system) evolved in part to assist primates in detecting snakes …

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