"As soon as the infant can see, it recognizes faces, and we now know that skill is hardwired in our brains. Those infants who a million years ago were unable to recognize a face smiled back less, were less likely to win the hearts of their parents, and less likely to prosper. These days, nearly every infant is quick to identify a human face, and to respond with a goony grin."
-Sagan, Carl.
The Demon-Haunted World - Science as a Candle in the Dark, (New York: Random House, 1995) at page 45.
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