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The Evolution of Communication Processes in the Modern Human Brain

There is absolutely no evidence for evolution processes having influenced the modern human brain since we appeared to tive to l intritos. We are very, very alert to what we hear other people say about these potential collaborators. So if somebody is this a gossip thing or a tweed gives you the impression that that's not quite a trustworthy person, that has enormous weight. And actually, experiments have shown that that can trump your own experience. Was that person, that person might be completely trustworthy, but you hurd that bit of bad stuff? Yes. Are they nice? And do i like them? Critical. How do you decide which of them are ok or not? O kand that is

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