Roger Bingham wrote: "We live in the space age with a brain from the stone age." This remark reflects the notion that:
A) human infants only have a rudimentary understanding of number, such as knowing that 2 is more than 1.
B) if a trait exists today in the human population, it must be adaptive in some way.
C) human children, like young animals, have an uncontrollable impulse to fool around.
D) behaviours that were adaptive for our ancestors may be maladaptive for human beings today.

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Bingham's remark suggests that while we have advanced technologically, our brains have not evolved at the same rate. As a result, behaviors that may have been useful for our prehistoric ancestors, such as a preference for high-calorie foods, may be maladaptive in modern societies where food is abundant and obesity is a major health concern.

Roger Bingham Wrote: "We Live in the Space Age with a Brain