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fear of darkness

fear of darkness Fear of darkness is a presumed innate fear response to being in the dark.

Fear of darkness is a presumed innate fear response to being in the dark. In this source, it is described as a human tendency that may have been shaped by night-time predation risk.

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Drafting source: Packer Craig; Swanson Alexandra; Ikanda Dennis; Kushnir Hadas. Fear of Darkness, the Full Moon and the Nocturnal Ecology of African Lions. 2011; DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0022285; article XML SHA-256 4e3b36c8168f07d7156cf28225c729146e8d7747fbe7f73cb79074c5f21aea26. “Fear of Darkness, the Full Moon and the Nocturnal Ecology of African Lions” (10.1371/journal.pone.0022285).
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