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#542 - Dr Randy Nesse - Evolutionary Psychiatry Can Explain Human Emotions

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Adhd

ADHD was not shaped by natural selection. There is variation among people in their degree to which their attention stays focused or wanders. In ancestral environments, it didn't matter that much whether you could focus for a long time or not. Another answer going back to ancestral times is that there are different strategies for getting food.

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