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{{short description|Evolutionary theory regarding primate vision}}

[[File:Vipera_aspis_aspis.jpg|thumb|alt=Vipera Aspis.| Vipera Aspis. According to the Snake Detection Hypothesis, venomous, and life-threatening snakes, including [[asp viper]]s, were crucial for the evolution of primates' visual systems.]]

The '''snake detection theory''',<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Isbell|first1=Lynne A.|authorlink=Lynne Isbell|title=Snakes as agents of evolutionary change in primate brains|journal=Journal of Human Evolution|date=1 July 2006|volume=51|issue=1|pages=1–35|doi=10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.12.012|pmid=16545427|citeseerx=10.1.1.458.2574}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Isbell|first1=Lynne A.|title=The Fruit, the Tree, and the Serpent|date=2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yKzIuw4YBCoC&q=The+Fruit%2C+the+Tree%2C+and+the+Serpent+isbell&pg=PR7|publisher=Harvard University Press|language=en|isbn=9780674033016}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last1=Allman Updyke |first1=Erin |last2=Welsh |first2=Erin |name-list-style=and |year=2022 |orig-date=31/05/2022 |title=Episode 97 Snake Venoms: Collateral Damage |url=https://thispodcastwillkillyou.com/2022/05/31/episode-97-snake-venoms-collateral-damage/ |website=This Podcast Will Kill You |publisher=Exactly Right Network}}</ref> also sometimes called the '''snake detection hypothesis''', suggests that [[snakes]] have contributed to the evolution of [[primates]]' visual system.