How Evolution Built Our Cause-Seeking MindsPicture what it was like for early humans crouching down in a field of tall grass. According to M. Stuart-Fox (2015), an evolutionary biologist from Australia, this ability to think about cause and effect allowed early humans to identify potential threats before they occurred. Therefore, this ability served to keep early humans alive. As early humans developed survival strategies to protect themselves from lions' attacks, modern society has to develop similar strategies to protect itself from misinformation attacks. Maybe the two are connected, but maybe they're not.