Re: Why is Homo sapiens hairless?
Rajindra Maraj (b068755c@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us)
29 Oct 1996 14:57:28 GMT
Rohinton Collins (rohinton@collins.prestel.co.uk) wrote:
: I have been reading with some interest some of the arguments in this
: newsgroup. It seems many of you are happy to describe incredibly elaborate
: theories, forgetting about parsimony. One of notice is some argument about
: the (relatively) hairless nature of the body of Homo sapiens, linking it to
: the Aquatic Ape Theory (am I right?). It seems reasonable to me that the
: most parsimonious reason for the naked body of Homo sapiens is because we
: wear clothes. At some point in human evolution, hominids took to wearing
: clothes (obviously). With clothes taking over (for the most part) the job
: of insulation of the body, it became hairless. This was reinforced by the
: fact that sweating became far more efficient. So a clothes-wearing hominid
: would benefit from nakedness both in the summer and the winter.
: Does this make to much sense for some of you?
: Any replies welcome.
: Regards,
: Roh
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The !Kung San of the Kalahari are even more hairless than you, yet have
never been partial to wearing clothes. Your logic apparently applies only
in a Lamarkian world.
Rajindra Maraj
b068755c@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us
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