Evolutionary psychologists argue that human psychological mechanisms are adapted to Pleistocene environments because the human species spent over 99% of its evolutionary history as hunter-gatherers in those conditions, rather than the brief period since the advent of agriculture or industrialization.

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• evolutionary psychology concept
• cognitive mechanisms concept
• Pleistocene event