Which of the following statements best represents the evolutionary theory on emotions?

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More than a century ago, in the 1870s, Charles Darwin proposed that emotions evolved because they had adaptive value. For example, fear evolved because it helped people to act in ways that enhanced their chances of survival. Darwin believed that facial expressions of emotion are innate (hard-wired).

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C) to ensure each new cell has an exact copy of the dna