Mikufan@ani.social to Animemes@ani.social · 1 month agoMore true words have never been spokenshota.nuimagemessage-square173fedilinkarrow-up11.09Karrow-down122
arrow-up11.06Karrow-down1imageMore true words have never been spokenshota.nuMikufan@ani.social to Animemes@ani.social · 1 month agomessage-square173fedilink
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·1 month 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-up7·1 month 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-squareZoidsberglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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.