Where does our perception of danger come from? Fear as an evolutionary instinct exists to assist survival. Some fears are often viewed as instinctual, such as the fear of the dark or of predatory animals. These fears are no longer attached to the actual threat that inspired them, but seen as ‘evolutionary fears’ written into our genes by our pre-civilization ancestors. More children are afraid of the dark or of wolves or snakes rather than of the road or a power socket, which are much more realistic threats in our times.
Is the uncertainty attached with conception a form of fear of the dark? Is approaching genetic hereditary through a risk assessment point of view an evolutionary instinct protecting us from invisible but actual danger, or a result of learned behaviour influenced by society?
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