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Ep115 "What is color? Part 1: Why hunters wear orange"

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

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The Social Evolution of Color Vision

This chapter explores how human color vision, particularly red-green detection, evolved not just for foraging, but to enhance social interactions and emotional understanding. It emphasizes the importance of perceiving subtle skin tone changes in others, revealing a critical link between color perception and communication.

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