As advanced intelligent creatures, why do humans feel scared when they see similar bones?

Although human beings are the only creatures with advanced wisdom on earth, they still can't go beyond the category of "animals". So to some extent, human corpses are the same as those of other mammals. At least, after people die, their physical changes are the same, and they all go through the same decay process, leaving behind skeletal remains. However, humans will not be afraid to see the remains of ordinary animals, because humans have not sublimated animal remains and will not associate animal deaths with themselves. Therefore, human beings will be afraid when they see the remains of the same kind. Although the reasons vary widely, they are basically two things, one is the fear of the unknown, and the other is the fear of empathy for death.

Although we all know that the soul does not exist from the perspective of modern science, but was invented by our ancestors, the power of traditional culture is deeply rooted. The more things that don't exist, the more people daydream, and the more invisible things, the more people fear. Therefore, when we see similar debris, the real source of fear is the "soul" behind the debris, not the debris itself. We can't help but think that there are a pair of eyes staring at you around the wreckage, and the more we think about it, the more afraid we get. PS: Various horror novels and movies have fueled this fear.

Let's talk about the fear of death. We have no empathy for the death of ordinary animals, because we already think we are superior to ordinary animals in our bones. It seems that the existence of ordinary animals is just waiting to be "slaughtered" by human beings, such as pigs, sheep and chickens. And naturally get used to it. But when we see human remains, we don't think so at all, because any remains are of the same kind as us. Since the same kind can die, it means that we will die. In the face of death, few people can really be open-minded Even those who say that they are "not afraid of death" will have deep fear in the face of death.

Although the regional culture of the world is different, almost every country has its own culture around human death. Our ancestors shaped ghosts and gods, while our western ancestors shaped demons. In fact, compared with most countries in the world, our traditional culture is older and the culture of treating the dead is more diverse, so we may have more fear when we see the wreckage. After all, our reverie is more diverse.