Darwin (1872) Proposed That Facial Expressions Acquire Evolutionary Significance

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Essay

Darwin (1872) proposed that facial expressions acquire evolutionary significance. Research has demonstrated that one emotion is more easily decoded in the faces of women while another is more easily decoded in the faces of men. Explain why the ability to decode these emotions would contribute to an early human's ability to survive and pass along that ability to offspring.

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