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I read a book on this. Because humans are such a social species we are constantly around others and there is a certain danger in some social behaviours. A lot of social fears have a rational base but may be exaggerated because human hormone regulation is, of course, not perfect. So our imperfect biology may lead to an overactive response to a seemingly harmless situation.