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mk  ·  4827 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Human neurons in the right amygdala react intensely and immediately to images of animals.
Oh yeah, this would get the inner monkey screaming: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Basking_Shark.jpg And yet, they look a bit dopey. :)

Wow, they have been around since the Oligocene. That's ~34 MYA! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basking_shark -Far older than this brain.