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Ancient Quote by Nick Nolte

“We truly have an ancient part of the brain that was about survival when we were prey but we seem to have gone past prey. We eat everything and nothing eats us.” quote by Nick Nolte — Download Open image

“We truly have an ancient part of the brain that was about survival when we were prey but we seem to have gone past prey. We eat everything and nothing eats us.”

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Ancient Brain Gone Past Prey Survival

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