Why we choose our habitats today and why our ancestors did is connected. We prefer homes that will provide protection, status, we like trees, grassy yards, and water much like our ancestors did. We like our ancestors choose grassy wooded areas because of the resources and refuge it may provide. Certain landscapes turn us on or turn us off. Today we live in neighborhoods rather than the forest. Yet we still surround ourselves with manmade lakes and rivers, we put plants in our homes, we surround ourselves with things we would have gotten and needed from nature in the past. Our ancestors need to live by plants that would provide food. We can live by a grocery store. As time goes by we tend to move further and further away from our evolu

In most cultures and most countries people will go to extreme lengths to live without indefinite struggle. They will do anything to survive as our ancestors did. Our ancestors choose to live in the woods with trees and the sky above them. We choose to live in a fancy house and hang a picture up showing a bear playing in a lake. Certain colors and landscapes intise us. Some cultures don't have choice. Some people were born into an environment and have few choices in how to live their lives. But they are possibly genetically predetermined to do whatever it takes to survive. If our ancestors of the trees gave us one thing it was the will to survive, and the survival of the fittest mentality. People will do things that are unhealthy, painful, unpleasant, and dangerous just to survive. To obtain even minor success one needs resources whether its money, land, or social status. People will go to great extremes in order to survive. The padaung tribe of Thailand wear coils around their neck to attract tourist that give them money. This is their only source of income. The coils are painful and take away their ability to hold up their neck on its own. There are many cultural traditions that have developed because people have no other choice, whether it is to protect their land, their resources, provide income, shelter, and food. People do these things not out of choice but because they have an instinct to survive and pursue a better life. This is true no matter what culture, country, or time period.

What we consider beautiful art may also be genetically imprinted in our minds. We tend to prefer outdoor scenes, animals, people, trees, and water. Flowers in painting have been shown to improve ones health. Cool cal

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