From an evolutionary point of view, the main advantage of teenage risk taking is that it:
a) causes parents to disengage emotionally from their children.
b) pushes young people to venture into the world and experience life.
c) helps our species weed out young people who are not fit to reproduce.
d) permits society to target which young people are likely to be "bad."
Answer: b) pushes young people to venture into the world and experience life.
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