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minus-squaredb0linkfedilinkEnglish34•6 months agoThat doesn’t exclude it having a purpose. A lot of our existence we owe to bacteria inhabiting our body
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish23•6 months agoAnd a lot of what happens in evolution is passed down the generations not because it’s useful but because it doesn’t hinder reproduction.
minus-square@RGB3x3linkEnglish12•6 months agoBut it doesn’t though. Before people bathed consistently, everyone smelled. It wouldn’t have been a factor in partner selection.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•6 months ago It wouldn’t have been a factor in partner selection. This is pretty presumptuous, as there appears to be a lot we can pick up about potential mates based on their body odor.
minus-squareZoidsberglinkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agoI’m absolutely not an anthropologist, but if we evolved in small <100 person communities, often settling near water, I’d imagine keeping everyone relatively stank-free wouldn’t have been impossible.
That doesn’t exclude it having a purpose. A lot of our existence we owe to bacteria inhabiting our body
And a lot of what happens in evolution is passed down the generations not because it’s useful but because it doesn’t hinder reproduction.
Body odour does hinder reproduction, though.
But it doesn’t though. Before people bathed consistently, everyone smelled. It wouldn’t have been a factor in partner selection.
This is pretty presumptuous, as there appears to be a lot we can pick up about potential mates based on their body odor.
I’m absolutely not an anthropologist, but if we evolved in small <100 person communities, often settling near water, I’d imagine keeping everyone relatively stank-free wouldn’t have been impossible.