>> He also notes that it cannot be demonstrated that the fears of ancestral hominids are coded into the human brain I am pretty used to see harmless European s

>> He also notes that it cannot be demonstrated that the fears of ancestral hominids are coded into the human brain I am pretty used to see harmless European spiders but I still can get an adrenaline burst if one shows up a bit too close. And it is not just surprise, because very few other "insects" cause that reaction. I believe there is a "reflex arc" in our brains for this.