Adaptative Explanations for Psychopathology with Adam Hunt

A few member of each prehistoric human tribe would have a mental illness diagnosable by today’s standards. Many more would exist on a sub-clinical spectrum of disorder. Adam Hunt argues that evolution has selected for ‘specialised minds’; that many of the traits we now consider to be disorders may have been beneficial to our survival and reproductive success in the distant past.
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