What, if any function does crying serve from an evolutionary point of view?
If there isn't an evolutionary purpose how did it arise and what is it for?
Crying and evolution
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Are you talking about simple tearing, or weeping?Rumertron wrote:What, if any function does crying serve from an evolutionary point of view?
If there isn't an evolutionary purpose how did it arise and what is it for?
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Gawdzilla wrote:Are you talking about simple tearing, or weeping?Rumertron wrote:What, if any function does crying serve from an evolutionary point of view?
If there isn't an evolutionary purpose how did it arise and what is it for?
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Re: Crying and evolution
Well both really? I sometimes cry at the beauty of a piece of music for example as well as because of, say - grief or some such. Seems odd we do both and feel sort of the same about both things.
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Re: Crying and evolution
Tearing is mechanical, IMHO, to clear the eyes. Weeping is an emotional response. Crying can be either.Rumertron wrote:Well both really? I sometimes cry at the beauty of a piece of music for example as well as because of, say - grief or some such. Seems odd we do both and feel sort of the same about both things.
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Well saying it is an emotional response does not explain its evolutionary purpose, if indeed it has one. I am puzzled.Gawdzilla wrote:Tearing is mechanical, IMHO, to clear the eyes. Weeping is an emotional response. Crying can be either.Rumertron wrote:Well both really? I sometimes cry at the beauty of a piece of music for example as well as because of, say - grief or some such. Seems odd we do both and feel sort of the same about both things.
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