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Anthropology

mopinko

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3. i've always wondered

Reply to cachukis (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 11, 2023, 09:32 AM

Nov 2023

what evolution gave us in exchange for built in fur coats.
i think it was sex on demand, and all that the sex bond gave us. but getting rid of lice? hmmmm.

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Lice DNA records the moment Europeans colonized the Americas [View all] sl8 Nov 2023 OP

Less hairiness is important to human evolution. cachukis Nov 2023 #1

i've always wondered mopinko Nov 2023 #3

Apes nit pick. Humans, not so much. cachukis Nov 2023 #4

Hope this comes through. cachukis Nov 2023 #5

So maybe no hair at all is the ultimate goal of human evolution. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2023 #7

Wow. Hadn't thought about that one. May be cachukis Nov 2023 #8

Already certain sub-groups of humans have a lot less hair PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2023 #9

Interesting.................................. Lovie777 Nov 2023 #2

You took the word right out of my fingers. Chainfire Nov 2023 #6