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[–] Live_your_lives 89 points 2 months ago (39 children)

Why would we need such a strong sensitivity to it?

[–] [email protected] 163 points 2 months ago (22 children)

We evolved in the Savannah.
Rain means the watering holes are filling up, which is obviously good cause we need water, but it also attracts prey animals.

[–] EleventhHour 10 points 2 months ago (10 children)

Was that area a desert 250,000 years ago?

[–] TankovayaDiviziya 6 points 2 months ago

The North African region was a lush verdant region 11,000 years ago, which is not so long ago considering humans already spread far and wide around that time.

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