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Most ground-dwelling mammals have eyes that look to the side, giving them a wide field of view to help them avoid predators. Many tree-dwelling mammals have eyes that are directed forward, giving them better 3D vision. Suggest an evolutionary explanation for why ground-dwelling humans have forward-directed eyes.

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in the decades since, it has been expanded and refined, but the basic idea that our ancestors evolved forward facing eyes to accurately judge distances while leaping from tree to tree remained central for quite a while.Explanation:

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