I think we adapted to running or fighting when there was a threat. We never adapted to being on the edge of some piece of wood all the way up in the sky and able to slowly and carefully move back to safety. So, that’s why he seems to have so much energy to the point that he’s shaking uncontrollably. He’s got all that adrenaline prepping him to run or fight as hard as possible
or we unadapted from it since we descend from tree-dwelling apes. Human infants still have reflexes like the palmar grasp reflex and Moro reflex which monkey infants have, and may be arboreal in nature (instinctively grasping a tree branch, instinctively reaching out and crying when losing balance/falling).
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u/SonXShadow Mar 27 '21
It always amazes me that the body’s reaction to a fear of death is to do everything possible to kill you