Mikufan@ani.social to Animemes@ani.social · 2 years agoMore true words have never been spokenshota.nuexternal-linkmessage-square171linkfedilinkarrow-up11.09Karrow-down125
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minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·2 years agoBody odour does hinder reproduction, though.
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·2 years 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-up7·2 years 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-up1·2 years 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.
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.