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... > social science subjects > psychology > cognitive psychology > perception (psychology) > theoretical approaches > evolutionary approach: perceptual adaptations
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evolutionary approach: perceptual adaptations  

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  • Anyone with the slightest knowledge of cameras who considers the anatomy of the eye can understand that its purpose is to gather light and focus it on the retina. The eye is the “poster child” for evolution of the human body by natural selection. [Source: Encyclopedia of Perception; Evolutionary Approach: Perceptual Adaptations]

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