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Submitted by spirited-astray

Many classic horror icons and other disturbing creatures share common characteristics. Pale skin, dark, sunken eyes, elongated faces, sharp teeth, and the like. These images inspire horror and revulsion in many, and with good reason. The characteristics shared by these faces are imprinted in the human mind.

Many things frighten humans instinctively. The fear is natural, and does not need to be reinforced in order to terrify. The fears are species-wide, stemming from dark times in the past when lightning could mean the burning of your tree home, predators could be hiding in the dark, heights could make poor footing lethal, and a spider or snake bite could mean certain death.

The question you have to ask yourself is this:

What happened, deep in the hidden eras before history began, that could effect the entire human race so evenly as to give the entire species a deep, instinctual, and lasting fear of pale beings with dark, sunken eyes, razor sharp teeth, and elongated faces?

… Just be careful out there.

This is one of the coolest things I have ever read on tumblr.

Well shit. This has got to b inebof the most interesting and mind blowing things I’ve read. Like wow. Ik I’ve posted this before but everytime I read it im just still shocked that people haven’t come to this conclusion before. It’s rather creepy lol

Sharks

Our very genetics know not to fuck with sharks.

lol that’s just yolandi though

this is really cool like an alien or something idk…….

I find this kind of hot um……

No, no, no. It’s not one thing. The solid black eyes mean we can’t determine gaze direction, which is an extraordinarily important part of human interaction. That’s why humans have white sclera (chimps and other primates mostly have dark sclera) - so we can see where other people are looking. Sharp teeth? Well, we evolved on the veldt alongside some major predators, lions, leopards, hyenas, and so on, not to mention critters like Dinofelis, a cat specifically built to hunt primates.  Also, there’s likely a leftover module in the brain from when our own ancestors had oversized canines they would display in threat. Since almost all animals with teeth will snarl if threatened (it’s the most basic expression, besides neutral) it would be in our best interest to retain a fear of sharp, exposed teeth even when we don’t have them ourselves. As for the pale skin/sunken eyes/bony faces, we’re probably fearing them as symptoms of disease. It’s hard for modern people to subjectively appreciate the toll disease took on our ancestors, but you can bet the ancestors who were repelled by the look of a sickly person were that much more likely not to catch the disease themselves, and therefore survive to pass on their genes.

So no, there were no caveman vampires. 

^ the more you know!