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Anthropology

cachukis

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8. Wow. Hadn't thought about that one. May be

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #7)

Tue Nov 14, 2023, 09:32 AM

Nov 2023

a trait of the future.
We are constantly mutating on a microscopic level. When those mutations take hold and work, they get passed on. When they don't, other complications arise.
There are studies on pubic lice that reveal a connection to great apes. I remember reading how studying those genes were indicators of when humankind started to become less hairy.

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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