Poll of the Day > Why humans have absence of fur compared to other mammals

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http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160801-our-weird-lack-of-hair-may-be-the-key-to-our-success
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tldr: The main theory is that we have no fur because we sweat but have no clue if that's actually the case.

Still interesting to skim over.

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https://i.imgur.com/UAleVVq.gif

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Human breasts also work differently compared to other mammals. I think that's also worth discussing.


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Well, we used to be caveman after all. And that hair just sort of disappeared upon generations. However, Ive known some really hairy Sasquatch motherfuckers with a hairy back thats a sight for sore eyes.

So furries are truly a regression in human evolution

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Blightzkrieg posted...

So furries are truly a regression in human evolution

lmao got em

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Dolphins and orcas are more evolved than humans

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Metalsonic66 posted...

Dolphins and orcas are more evolved than humans

They can't even play video games.
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They've evolved so far that the world is a video game to them

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Metalsonic66 posted...

Dolphins and orcas are more evolved than humans

dolphins like to kill sharks for fun, and molest people
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

dolphins like to kill sharks for fun, and molest people

Yep

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Krazy_Kirby posted...

dolphins like to kill sharks for fun, and molest people

What's wrong with the first one?
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Metalsonic66 posted...

They've evolved so far that the world is a video game to them

I think the Japanese are still winning, tbh

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rubbed off from all the friction of caveman humpin

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They can just wear other mammals.

Didn't dolphins also like to masturbate using fish as makeshift condoms?
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Just watched a video about this last week (I think it was PBS eons) it has to do with being bipedal and our endurance hunting/sweating

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Krazy_Kirby posted...

dolphins like to kill sharks for fun, and molest people

So do some people...

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Shot in the dark: when we started wearing clothes, we became more adaptable to varying weather conditions when we did not have fur.
Edit: Article is interesting.

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LeetCheet posted...

Didn't dolphins also like to masturbate using fish as makeshift condoms?

Sounds like Florida Man.
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Metalsonic66 posted...

Dolphins and orcas are more evolved than humans

True facts. They were land-dwelling mammals that eventually went back to the oceans. They've gone through more major environmental changes than we have.

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No, we don't have fur, we have varying levels of "body hair" from person to person. <_<

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Metalsonic66 posted...

Dolphins and orcas are more evolved than humans

Probably the worst understanding of evolution I've seen.

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Entity13 posted...

No, we don't have fur, we have varying levels of "body hair" from person to person. <_<

I was thinking about that, too. What the article discussed mostly made sense to me, but I was wondering why it didn't mention about different people having different amounts of hair on their body and limbs. Some people have barely any hair on their body while some have a lot.

Gaawa_chan posted...

Shot in the dark: when we started wearing clothes, we became more adaptable to varying weather conditions when we did not have fur.

I thought wearing clothes or animal skins or plant parts contributed to body hair loss as well.

I know this is stupid, but I thought another possibility was global warming began in some way millions of years ago, causing people to lose body hair. People have also been going against nature for that long, so that could cause our species to develop in ways that are not beneficial.

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LeetCheet posted...

Didn't dolphins also like to masturbate using fish as makeshift condoms?

I know they get high by jabbing blowfish with their noses so that they release defense toxins

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Zeus posted...

Probably the worst understanding of evolution I've seen.

Probably the funniest missing of context I've seen.

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Metalsonic66 posted...

Probably the funniest missing of context I've seen.

Probably the funniest attempted save I've ever seen.

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Zeus posted...

Probably the funniest attempted save I've ever seen.

The irony

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Mead posted...

I know they get high by jabbing blowfish with their noses so that they release defense toxins

I always found it interesting that perhaps the two smartest species on earth have a tendency of enjoying intoxication.

Rats do too from what ive seen but they gotta be introduced to it. Humans and dolphins came about it on their own.

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mooreandrew58 posted...

I always found it interesting that perhaps the two smartest species on earth have a tendency of enjoying intoxication.

Rats do too from what ive seen but they gotta be introduced to it. Humans and dolphins came about it on their own.

Both species realize their kind suck so need intoxication.
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fishy071 posted...

I was thinking about that, too. What the article discussed mostly made sense to me, but I was wondering why it didn't mention about different people having different amounts of hair on their body and limbs. Some people have barely any hair on their body while some have a lot.

I thought wearing clothes or animal skins or plant parts contributed to body hair loss as well.

I know this is stupid, but I thought another possibility was global warming began in some way millions of years ago, causing people to lose body hair. People have also been going against nature for that long, so that could cause our species to develop in ways that are not beneficial.

These are definitely better hypothesizes than I heard. I was always inundated with the crummy water ape hypothesis, that pretty much states that we lost the hair so we can swim better, so we can get shell fish an stuff (this also explains our webbed fingers), but that always seemed pretty bad. I mean we kind of suck in the water and would be such easy prey for crocs & other aquatic predator's, plus I can only hold my breath for like a minute, I aint collecting any shellfish with that, not to mention the hairy legs, they don't even bother to explain that.

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