Mikufan@ani.social to Animemes@ani.social · 7 months agoMore true words have never been spokenshota.nuexternal-linkmessage-square174fedilinkarrow-up11.09Karrow-down123
arrow-up11.07Karrow-down1external-linkMore true words have never been spokenshota.nuMikufan@ani.social to Animemes@ani.social · 7 months agomessage-square174fedilink
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·7 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-up7·7 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-up1·7 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.
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.