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Byline: --NATALIE TOREN
The urge to peek inside your host's medicine cabinet is more than just passing curiosity--it's a legacy of evolution. Sam Gosling, author of Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You (Basic Books), explains. Why do we snoop? It was crucial for our ancestors to understand why people acted the way they did. Every human who is around today is descended from people who were good at sniffing out good mates and creating alliances with the right friends. So we are naturally disposed to search for clues wherever we might find them. We have a deep human need to snoop. What is the ...