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As our predecessors became terrestrial and moved to dry, hot environments, salt became scarcer, and the craving for sodium likely developed as a survival mechanism to ensure adequate intake.
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Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Negativity bias is a survival mechanism deeply embedded in human psychology.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Humans are naturally wired to respond emotionally to unexpected events as a survival mechanism, but in a workplace setting, this instinct can sometimes lead to unnecessary chaos and miscommunication.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
As a survival mechanism, the women break off into a gals-only chat, which assumes the safe-space atmosphere of a women’s bathroom.
—Kassondra Cloos, Outside Online, 12 Feb. 2025
My animal body lets go of the survival mechanism; suddenly everything is hazy and loose.
—Grace Hussar, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
This is a simple survival mechanism—your organs are more important than your fingers, so your body prioritizes warming your core.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2024
In prehistoric times, avoiding risk was a survival mechanism; today, that instinct sabotages our ability to take calculated risks.
—Mark Kane, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
According to Jason Zweig in Your Money & Your Brain, this propensity to look for patterns is part of our evolutionary survival mechanism since our primitive brains were tuned to the immutable physical laws of nature, like when lightning strikes, thunder follows.
—Bill Stone, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Negativity bias is a survival mechanism deeply embedded in human psychology.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Humans are naturally wired to respond emotionally to unexpected events as a survival mechanism, but in a workplace setting, this instinct can sometimes lead to unnecessary chaos and miscommunication.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
As a survival mechanism, the women break off into a gals-only chat, which assumes the safe-space atmosphere of a women’s bathroom.
—Kassondra Cloos, Outside Online, 12 Feb. 2025
My animal body lets go of the survival mechanism; suddenly everything is hazy and loose.
—Grace Hussar, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
This is a simple survival mechanism—your organs are more important than your fingers, so your body prioritizes warming your core.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2024
In prehistoric times, avoiding risk was a survival mechanism; today, that instinct sabotages our ability to take calculated risks.
—Mark Kane, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
According to Jason Zweig in Your Money & Your Brain, this propensity to look for patterns is part of our evolutionary survival mechanism since our primitive brains were tuned to the immutable physical laws of nature, like when lightning strikes, thunder follows.
—Bill Stone, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Survival mechanism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/survival%20mechanism. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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