Excerpt from Fight or Flight: The Evolution of Stress
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Despite the huge amount of technological change since the time of the caveman), you are walking around with essentially the
same set of internal body parts as that of the caveman. At this very moment you're in the break room at work, hunting for coffee
and gathering donuts. Your boss is out hunting too. But guess what? He's hunting for you.
As you gulp down your third cup of Java you hear your boss say those dreaded words: "Could I see you for a moment in my office,
please?" At the sight of the tiger, er, uh...your boss...your hypothalamus sends a message to your adrenal glands and within
seconds your body summons all the same powers that your stone-age ancestor needed to fight a sabre tooth tiger.
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