Hello, Zarkle here again. I would like to talk about 14 other evolutionary behaviors from the prehistoric past that manifest in todays modern world/society that help compliment by scientific hypothesis named Disgust Theory even though they are independent of it.
Put simply I will first list the four old ones, then the ten new ones.
For those who don't know I have a idea called, "Disgust Theory" I have been posting heavy about for a while to advance child lover rights. The core claim of Disgust Theory can be broken into 4 main parts.
1) Ancient neurocircuits to detect predatory animals got readapted in modern humans to oppose pedophilia. Moral Panics like qanon, satanic panic and Epstein cannibalism nonsense are a reflection of this. The wolves, tigers, jaguars are no longer a threat in todays world but the brain regions to protect children from them never went away, making us a mismatched threat those brain regions fire alarms at. Crocodiles, birds, and mammals are 100s of millions of years apart by evolution but all share this child protection behavior. The nuanced goal is to figure out why some cultures tap into pedo hysteria instincts more then others.
2) Ancient neurocircuits to detect rotten food got repurposed to detect social norm violations and reject unwanted sexual mating cues
3) Moral outrage evolved as a way for humans in prehistoric societies to bond. A common shared hate of wolves, rival tribes and freezing to death in prehistoric times is replaced with shared hatred of drag queens, MAPs and Mexicans by right wing bigots today
4) Us vs Them thinking is a contagious idea that adapts very well. Most dangerous political ideas like nazism and communism rely on it. Take example the cookie cutter format of "OUR SIDE IS RIGHTEOUS AND PURE" "THEIR SIDE IS WICKED AND PURE EVIL" "THIS IS A BATTLE FOR THE FATE OF HUMANITY" "WE ARE DESTINED TO SAVE THE WORLD" There is so much educational media by Robert Sapolsky about ingroup vs outgroup battle thinking in primates
Now, I'm going to add 10 new unrelated/semi related evolutionary psychological topics that loosely to moderately compliment Disgust theory. My point is to show evolutionary psychology covers MUCH MORE then just anti pedophilia and how other things can build a strong case.
Evolutionary behaviors from the past influenced modern day
1 Evolutionary origin of appreciation of break up/heart break music
Break up music triggers nature's abandoment alarm. It reflects departing with a spouse in ancestral environments who could have been useless, unstable and dangerous or alternatively on the flip side the need to repair a broken relationship. Which in ancestral times could be the difference between her life or death, the appreciation of this music in the female brain is the need for a male to protect her and her offspring. But in today's world this instinct manifest as Taylor Swift music and other breakup pop genres. And remember how the brain works, there is no self just billions of competing networks fighting for the seat of conscious broadcasting thus explaining the mixed feelings of loving and hating a spouse, and heart break from a break up, that is just the brain's reward pathways being cut off cold turkey. Clearly showing that appreciation of breakup and heartbreak love song music taps into those ancient neurocircuits
2 Evolutionary origin of Group Think
Group think in ancestral times was a mask of conformity, having a set of common shared non negotiable values. Disagreeing with the tribe meant risking being socially ostracized and having to endure the elements and risk being eaten by predatory animals. Social conformity, group think and even behaviors like patriotism reflect this in the modern day. Clearly showing that group think, patriotism and social conformity are rooted in this
3 Evolutionary original of property rights
Property rights are rooted in animalian territorialism. A bird building a nest (to protect her young) a Beaver building a dam to protect young and other family so all the animals have shelters. Wolves and non human primates patrolling their territories and respecting boundaries. This includes many animals marking their territory in urine to signal it is theirs. Or a snow cat burrying its food in the ice (also a primitive fridgerator. Showing clear evidence proto versions of property rights and borders exist in the natural world and they are rooted in territorial instincts and young protection.
4 Evolution of contagious laughter
Contagious laughter rather it be in prehistoric times or in a high school classroom is a bonding mechanism that appears to be involuntary. If one person is laughing uncontrollably it has a decent chance of causing person B and C and onward to laugh. This contagious laughter is rooted in evolutionary bonding mechanisms to keep the prehistoric tribe stable and in well being. The whole point of laughter is the whole group synchronizing in emotion.
As DeepSeek added a new perspective I did not know
"Why it's contagious: The brain has specialized auditory neurons that respond to laughter by preparing the facial muscles to mimic it. This isn't conscious—it's a reflex. One hypothesis: in ancestral bands, if one person laughed, it meant "Something safe but stimulating is happening—join in so we bond over it." Not laughing could mark you as outside the group's emotional state ." tying in to "us vs them".
5 Evolution of addiction (sex and sugary foods)
I am lumping in sex, porn, video games, sugar and fattening foods. In short the topic of addiction sybolizes how in prehistoric times repeating behaviors that helped surviving meant exactly what it sounds like, a better chance of survival, repeating them over and only meant increased chance of survival. This is mainly fueled by dopamine and in today's world those dopamine pathways get hijacked by internet porn, McDonalds, gambling and video games that give people the illusion of being productive which creates an evolutionary mismatch. We know strong science exist to support porn addiction, and addiction to video games too.
In ancestral enviorments foods with high sugar were rare and signal high fitness points such as rich fruits and honey. The brain makes them taste so good and sweet to show a reward pay off in the prehistoric world. but in today's enviorment sugar is eveywhere on the grocery stores and supermarket aisles, and is not in any sense scarce or hard to access. This creates an evolutionary mismatch where we creave fattening foods and have far more access to sugar in the modern world then the prehistoric world. This also ties into the evolution of addiction
6 Evolution of stress, anxiety and fear
Yeah technically I'm lumping in 3 things. For Stress: "the same neurocircuits that once responded to animals being chased by predators also fire in day to day stress at work/school/wherever. In prehistoric times this stress was a short lived rush of adrenaline that meant either you were done or you escaped from a predatory animal, but in modern times it mismatches to work/school and day to day life. For Anxiety: the same neurocircuits that animals use when they believe they are being stalked by a predator got repurposed for day to day human life anxiety and mostly function by predicting threats that may not happen. Predicting a non-existent jaguar is better then being wrong and getting eaten. So remember anxiety corresponds not to the jaguar directly but anticipating the jaguar and fear is also explainable to make sure humans avoid a jaguar in the distance to learn a shared fear of a dangerous animal like a snake.
7 Reciprocity and market economics/mutual aid
Wouldn't it be funny if I told you that free market economics and sharing based socialist economies are two sides of the same survival strategy called reciprocity? Its all rooted in reciprocal favors. Humans are programmed to return favor for favor, or a bad deed for a rejection of completing a favor. This is well documented in evolutionary psychology and it can be exploited by bad actors or promoted by good actors.
Someone does you a favor and it activates neurons that make you want to reciprocate and return that favor. You feel a debt you owe them. This forms mutual cooperation, sharing, and even free market economies where people trade goods and services.
The car salesmen offers you a free pen and then suckers you into buying an expensive car that you don't need. He takes advantage of those reciprocity circuits. Scientist have done studies in a lab with "tit for tat" computer models showing that reciprocity models like
"favor for favor" and "one time harm for no further favors"
and
"favor for favor" and "double harm for no further favors"
were the most successful models in a social cooperation game.
All economic systems, capitalism to communism and every niche inbetween reflect reciprocity, some tap into it better then others.
8 Social Media Status Seeking / competition of finding worth in the tribe)
DeepSeek will take over from here because 8 and onward were ones I was not that familar with
Social Media and the Quest for Status (The Tribal Campfire Goes Global)
Ancestral Pressure: In small hunter-gatherer bands (approx. 50-150 people), an individual's status was crucial for survival and reproduction. High status meant better access to resources, allies, and mates. This status was earned and negotiated through direct social interaction, storytelling, displays of skill, and physical appearance—all witnessed and judged by the same stable group of people you'd know your entire life.
Modern Manifestation: Social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook have hijacked this status-seeking circuitry. We now have the ability to broadcast our "displays" (photos, achievements, opinions) to an audience of hundreds or thousands. The "likes," comments, and shares are a hyper-potent version of the social feedback our brains evolved to crave from our tribe.
The Mismatch: The problem is scale and anonymity. Our brains aren't designed to handle rejection, criticism, or comparison from thousands of people, many of whom are strangers or decontextualized acquaintances. This leads to:
Anxiety and Depression: Constant social comparison with the curated "highlight reels" of others.
Narcissism and Performative Identity: Crafting a persona for public consumption rather than being one's authentic self within a trusted group.
Outrage as Engagement: Content that evokes moral outrage (us vs. them) spreads fastest because it signals "I am a good member of the tribe" to our ingroup.
9 Loyalty to an alpha male figure/Abrahamic God
DeepSeek Wrote
The human mind is not a blank slate but a collection of ancient circuits, each evolved to solve specific survival problems in ancestral environments. Two of the most powerful are the systems underlying Authority/Subversion and Loyalty/Betrayal, as identified by Jonathan Haidt. The Authority foundation emerges from primate dominance hierarchies, where the alpha male commanded attention, enforced rules, and protected the group. Subordinates didn't choose to submit; they felt the weight of his presence—a mix of fear and respect that maintained order. The Loyalty foundation emerges from coalitional psychology, the need to bind groups together for intergroup competition. Traitors were worse than enemies because they threatened the group from within, and the emotional response to betrayal—righteous anger, disgust, the urge to exile—evolved to protect the tribe from dissolution.
The Abrahamic God represents the ultimate fusion of these two foundations. He is the alpha male maximized: omnipotent, omniscient, eternal, unchallengeable. The proper response is submission—prayer, worship, awe, the "fear of the Lord." But he is also the ultimate focus of tribal loyalty. The faithful are the ingroup, the chosen; apostates and idolaters are traitors deserving of punishment; outsiders are infidels or the damned. This convergence is psychologically powerful because it activates two of the deepest social circuits simultaneously, focusing them on a single object. The feeling of reverence before God is the feeling of a chimpanzee submitting to the alpha. The warmth of fellowship among believers is the feeling of coalitional bonding with ingroup members. The content is new; the structure is ancient.
This framework reveals a profound evolutionary mismatch. The circuits that evolved to navigate small-scale hierarchies and tribal loyalties now operate on a cosmic scale, with infinite stakes and eternal consequences. The same systems that once kept order in bands of 150 now produce crusades, inquisitions, and sectarian violence. They lead humans to persecute heretics, wage holy war, and consign outsiders to eternal torment—all while feeling morally righteous. The template is ancient. The scale is modern. And the mismatch, as with all the others we've explored, explains both the power and the danger of the human moral mind.
10 Negativity Bias and better safe then sorry
This is the classic it is better to be wrong about a Jaguar hiding behind the bush when its just wind blowing on it then by right and the Jaguar jumps of the bush eating you. Natural selection strongly favored better safe then sorry that favors anti pedo judgements.
DeepSeek Wrote
Ancestral Pressure: In the ancestral environment, survival depended on being hyper-vigilant to threats. The individual who noticed a rustle in the bushes (potential predator) and reacted with fear and avoidance, even if it was just the wind, was more likely to survive and pass on their genes than the one who calmly assumed it was nothing. This is Error Management Theory at work: better to mistake a stick for a snake than a snake for a stick. Our brains evolved a negativity bias—we pay more attention to and remember negative information more strongly than positive information.
Modern Manifestation: Modern news media, competing for our attention in a crowded marketplace, has discovered that "if it bleeds, it leads." News outlets are essentially threat-detection devices, but they now report on threats from across the entire planet, 24 hours a day.
The Mismatch: Our brains are flooded with a constant stream of information about wars, pandemics, political turmoil, crime, and disasters, none of which we can directly act upon. This triggers our ancient threat-response system (stress, anxiety) but without providing a clear path for resolution (like running away or fighting). The result is a state of chronic, low-grade anxiety and a distorted perception of the world as far more dangerous than it actually is.
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So there it is, the four Disgust Theory dependent evolutionary mismatches and the the 10 newly discussed evolutionary mismatches that are independent of Disgust Theory. 14 in total. I hope this helps people take evolutionary psychology seriously when it comes to liberation of child lovers. I strongly insist there is zero chance using cultural reasoning and blaming of societal structures alone can normalize MAP rights. We tried blaming colonialism and puritanism on oppressing us, the evidence failed to support that.
We need to move on and try these new strategies.
Get the message out. Let anti pedos know that the strongest most sincerely held moral values about child care hold are just the result of evolution by natural selection, and child protection is good but it is an obvious mismatch when it comes to us. It opens the door to all sorts of possibilities like shaming antis for being "mismatchers" instead of calling them pedophobes or commiting "mapmisia" we can call them "mismatchers" for mistaking us as a threat to children. We can humiliate anti pedos for false alarming us as a danger to children. We can shame anti pedos for having the brain of a wild animal, we can shame anti pedos for extreme black and white us vs them thinking. We can shame anti pedos for believing nonsense like qanon and Epstein cannibalism stuff.
That is what I want to do. But so many MAPs are too busy thinking that western colonial cultures oppression is the core issue when its not.
I wish I could have built a time machine to go back in time to the 80s and 90s and explain to NAMBLA, Queer Theorist and early pro pedo activist to abadon the oppressed vs oppressor narrative and focus on natural sciences of evolutionary mismatch theory. Girl and Boy lovers could have been liberated that way.