Mikufan@ani.social to Animemes@ani.social · 6 months agoMore true words have never been spokenshota.nuexternal-linkmessage-square173fedilinkarrow-up11.09Karrow-down123
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minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·6 months agoBody odour does hinder reproduction, though.
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·6 months 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-up7·6 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-squareZoidsberg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 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.
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.