Mikufan@ani.social to Animemes@ani.social · 1 year agoMore true words have never been spokenshota.nuexternal-linkmessage-square172linkfedilinkarrow-up11.09Karrow-down124
arrow-up11.07Karrow-down1external-linkMore true words have never been spokenshota.nuMikufan@ani.social to Animemes@ani.social · 1 year agomessage-square172linkfedilink
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down4·1 year agoThat doesn’t exclude it having a purpose. A lot of our existence we owe to bacteria inhabiting our body
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down2·1 year 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-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·1 year agoBody odour does hinder reproduction, though.
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·1 year agoBut it doesn’t though. Before people bathed consistently, everyone smelled. It wouldn’t have been a factor in partner selection.
minus-squareEatATaco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year 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-squareZoidsberg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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.