The study of the evolution of emotions dates back to the 19th century. The theory of evolution and natural selection has been applied to the study of human communication, mainly by Charles Darwin in his 1872 work, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. He thought that just like every human and animal trait, emotions also adapted over time.
Duing the old times, Humans survived by the most basic emotions Fear,pride and suffering. They had to go by their survival skills and instincts, naturally many of them died because of various reasons. In modern day , because of all the technology advances that made human life so much easier, humans now have access to more emotions and feelings. Love and joy ,for example, are emotions I feel are now more commonly used because of the safe enviroment humans live in. They are always assured to have access to food and shelter without having to hunt which would basically consume their entire day.
So it is quite obvious that as humans evolve,they need their emotions to evolve with them to accomodate them later in life so they could deal with the things that they have to face in life.
Duing the old times, Humans survived by the most basic emotions Fear,pride and suffering. They had to go by their survival skills and instincts, naturally many of them died because of various reasons. In modern day , because of all the technology advances that made human life so much easier, humans now have access to more emotions and feelings. Love and joy ,for example, are emotions I feel are now more commonly used because of the safe enviroment humans live in. They are always assured to have access to food and shelter without having to hunt which would basically consume their entire day.
So it is quite obvious that as humans evolve,they need their emotions to evolve with them to accomodate them later in life so they could deal with the things that they have to face in life.
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