Evolutionary mismatch names the gap when previously adaptive alleles are no longer favored in a new environment. A trait that maximized survival on the savanna — sugar craving, status vigilance, tribal loyalty — can become a source of dysfunction the moment the environment shifts under it. The framework turns 'why am I like this?' into a diagnosable condition of the species, not a personal failing.
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