Barclay Pat, Yerman Savannah, Twardus Oliver
Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
Behav Brain Sci. 2023 May 8;46:e53. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X22001777.
The "fearful ape hypothesis" is interesting but is currently underspecified. We need more research on whether it is specific to fear, specific to humans (or even cooperative breeders in general), what is included in "fear," and whether these patterns would indeed evolve despite arms races to extract help from audiences. Specifying these will result in a more testable hypothesis.
“恐惧猿假说”很有趣,但目前还不够具体。我们需要更多研究来确定它是否特定于恐惧,是否特定于人类(甚至一般的合作繁殖者),“恐惧”包括哪些内容,以及尽管存在从观众那里获取帮助的军备竞赛,这些模式是否真的会进化。明确这些将产生一个更具可测试性的假说。