How the ‘Anger Face’ Evolved
Here’s an experiment to try before continuing with this article. Go outside and do something to make someone mad. Like really mad. Seriously, do it. Go on, it’s for science. I’ll wait. Are you finally back? Sorry about whatever trouble you got in, you probably shouldn’t do things just because internet articles tell you to. But what about that face, huh? Unless the person you chose to piss off is really good at controlling their emotions, they made a face I’m sure you recognized. Flared nostrils, lowered brow, lips thin unless they were open to scream at you. It’s a scary face. I can imagine you’re making it right now if you actually went outside and did the experiment. Scientists say this “anger face” is universal across cultures and is built in from birth. Even children who were born blind and have never seen the “anger face” make it. Researchers at UC Santa Barbara and at Griffith University in Australia have new findings about how the anger face evolved and why. The