Guest: Nathan H Lents, Professor and Scientist
Host: Sara-Jayne King, Late Nights
Topic: The Fringe: Why we fear
Many animals are genetically programmed to fear their predators. Mice naturally fear cats; fish naturally fear birds. These fears don't have to be learned, they are inborn—the product of natural selective forces that rewarded such fears in the evolutionary past. Are humans also naturally disposed to fear certain dangerous animals? Author of "Not So Different: Finding Human Nature in Animals", Nathan H. Lents talks more on this