@Mikufan@ani.social to Animemes@ani.social • 1 year agoMore true words have never been spokenshota.nuimagemessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up11.09K
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minus-square@WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoBody odour does hinder reproduction, though.
minus-square@RGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish15•1 year agoBut it doesn’t though. Before people bathed consistently, everyone smelled. It wouldn’t have been a factor in partner selection.
minus-square@EatATaco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish7•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-squareZoidsberglinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 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.