Which of the following pieces of evidence illustrates that disgust is still adaptive in the current environment?
A) People who are most easily disgusted have fewer infections.
B) Babies show evidence of disgust from birth.
C) Women are more easily disgusted than men by disease-carrying objects.
D) People find more materials in the modern environment to be disgusting than materials found in ancestral environments.

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Disgust is adaptive because it helps individuals avoid sources of infection. People who are most easily disgusted having fewer infections suggests that disgust continues to play a protective role in avoiding pathogens.

Which of the Following Pieces of Evidence Illustrates That Disgust