Researchers investigating feature detectors have found individual neurons that are activated by images of faces. These neurons may be adaptive primarily because they allow us to

a. distinguish friends from foes.
b. distinguish people from animals.
c. distinguish animals from plants.
d. distinguish animals from food.

A

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