Unlike other primates, the whites of human eyes contrast sharply with our colored irises and dark pupils. One theory suggests that our eyes evolved this way specifically to make it easier to figure out the direction of another person's gaze. If this theory is correct, you would expect humans to pay more attention to eye ¿orientation than other primates do.

To find out, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig compared the behavior of adult chimps, gorillas, bonobos and human children

This article was originally published with the title Keep Your Eyes on the Eyes.

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1. 1. frankblank 05:46 PM 2/6/12

   Dang, is she cross-eyed or am I getting mixed signals?

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