Perceived body condition is associated with fear of a large carnivore predator in humans

摘要: Natural selection affects emotional and behavioural patterns, such as anti-predator adaptations, that enhance human survival. Fear is a basic emotion activates responses upon encountering predator, being consistently higher in females than males. In this study, we investigated associations between fear of large carnivore predator perceived physical condition sample Slovakian participants (n = 943). When testing evolutionary hypotheses explaining gender differences predators, found partial support for the “physical condition” hypothesis, because either reported lower body males their showed significant correlation with brown bear, Ursus arctos. The negative association was stronger suggesting evolved response to predation pressures on our past, indirectly supporting “predation pressure” hypo...