it's anyone's guess - every trait is co-extensive with an infinity of traits
That's simplistic. We just have to say that we can't always be sure something is adaptive & not a by-product of something else
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See. Conversation works much better when you say what you mean clearly in whole sentences.
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The evidence that our brains have adapted is the evidence that our brains have evolved and evolution works by natural selection.
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But whether a specific cognitive ability or psychological trait is an adaptation or by-product of something else is less certain.
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it's unknowable
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