Charles Darwin believed that basic human emotional expressions:
A) are learned and vary among cultures
B) are innate and the same in all human beings
C) vary widely, depending on geography
D) vary depending on a person's age, height, and weight
E) were irrelevant to scientific study

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Charles Darwin believed that basic human emotional expressions were innate and the same in all human beings. He wrote about this in his book "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals" where he argued that emotions are part of our evolutionary heritage and serve an adaptive function. His theory suggests that regardless of cultural differences, humans have a set of genetically predetermined facial expressions that are linked to basic emotions such as anger, fear, sadness, disgust, and happiness.

Charles Darwin Believed That Basic Human Emotional Expressions