Where Have Our Emotions Come From?
In evolutionary terms, the human way of solving problems by thinking about them and deliberately weighing up the pros and cons is a very recent addition to the world.
Animals don’t think and reason in the same way that we do, but for millions of years they have had to solve complex problems like “Should I eat this new food that I’ve found?” and “is this a safe place to sleep?”. How do they do it? The answer is that emotions and ‘feeling states’ guide them to make decisions about how to operate in the world.
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