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Why being outdoors heals us #2: Do the Evolution

It's actual maths.

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David Key
Nov 30, 2025
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Human beings evolved in environments we would today label as ‘wild’. What wild actually means is another story - a hot topic of debate beyond the scope of this article. For now let's just go with it meaning outdoor environments which are not obviously dominated by human activity: those that are ‘self-willed’, the origin…

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