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Why Evolution Gave Us The "Uncanny Valley" Fear? | History For Sleep

Why Evolution Gave Us The "Uncanny Valley" Fear? | History For Sleep Why do almost-human faces trigger instant revulsion? That uncomfortable recoil when you see a lifelike robot with eyes that don't quite track right isn't learned—babies and monkeys have it too. This episode of Sleepy Secrets of History explores the uncanny valley phenomenon discovered by Masahiro Mori in 1970, the evolutionary psychology behind why this response goes back millions of years, and the dark theory that it evolved to help us detect other human species who looked almost like us but weren't. Subscribe to Sleepy Secrets Of History for your next soothing deep dive into the secret histories of holidays and legends. Also check out:    • The Mysterious Time Gap in Human Prehistor...      • Erased From History: How These Civilisatio...      • How Humans LOST Their Night Vision | HISTO...   TIMESTAMPS & TOPICS: 0:00 Introduction: The Fear of Almost-Human Faces 19:00 What Is the Uncanny Valley? The Science Behind the Response 38:00 Babies and Monkeys: Why This Fear Isn't Learned 57:00 The Disease Detection Theory: Why It Doesn't Fully Work 1:16:00 The Dark Answer: Other Humans Who Weren't Us 1:35:00 Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Homo Floresiensis: Our Lost Cousins 1:54:00 What Happened When We Met Them? 2:13:00 The Uncanny Valley in Modern Life: Robots, CGI, and Deepfakes 2:32:00 Why We Can't Cross the Valley: The Line Between Real and Almost-Real 2:51:00 Conclusion: The Mystery That Makes Us Human DIVE DEEPER: The Uncanny by Sigmund Freud (1919) — The original essay on the unsettling familiar The Uncanny Valley in Games and Animation by Angela Tinwell (2014) — Why digital faces creep us out Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art by Rebecca Wragg Sykes (2020) — Meeting our almost-human cousins Lone Survivors by Chris Stringer (2012) — When multiple human species walked the Earth Context: Please remember that our primary goal is to help you unwind. While rooted in historical research, our content is artistic storytelling, not academic study. Thank you for letting us tell you a story tonight. #HistoryForSleep #AncientHumans #RelaxingHistory #HumanEvolution #SleepDocumentary