Why Aren't Humans Furry? Stone-Age Moms Could Be The Answer

Medical News Today ^ | March 19, 2007 | Unsigned

[aculeus]

Baloney, but interesting baloney.

[kinoxi]

In theory I'm a theorist as well you know.

[Alberta's Child]

How do they explain this guy??

[nhoward14]

He's the missing link?

[Mojave]

If Stone Age people believed that hairless babies were more attractive than hairy ones, this could explain why humans are the only apes lacking a coat of fur.

And if Stone Age people believed that babies which spit up were more attractive than ones who didn't, this could explain why babies never spit up.

[Migraine]

How do they explain this guy??

It's probably because Rebecca had compassion on the ugly, hairy Esau. And the rest, as they say, is history.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

It was a combination of socialization and bugs. Hairless people could have their ticks picked off more easily and were therefore less susceptible to insect-borne disease. Over time the hairless ones came to dominate the population.

See, I spun that "theory" out of whole cloth right here and now, and it's just as credible and well-supported as most published ones.

[Gil4]

...or Michael Moore

[D-Chivas]

Some humans aren't very highly evolved:

[grey_whiskers]

A prize-winning paper suggests that humans are hairless apes because Stone-Age mothers men regarded furry babies women as unattractive.

As men today still do.

There, all fixed.

Cheers!

[stm]

A gene splicing experiment gone terribly wrong.

[Freep EE]

My theory is that males found hairless women more attractive and hence humans evolved hairless except on the head. There now do I win and award? I think my theory is better. LOL

[BigFinn]

Proof positive of furry humans
Just look at SF antiwar protesters.
Photo by Zombie

[Mr Ramsbotham]

I think it's because humans, being damned smart, could guarantee themselves a consistent food supply comprised of high-energy, highly-digestible meat. They didn't need to hoard body heat the way some species do.

[hophead]

Bunk. If hairy was unattractive, my ex-wifes mother didn't think so. You ain't seen my ex!

[Cicero]

I didn't know that NARAL went back that far.

But it does tend to expose the affinities between NARAL and Darwin.

[martin_fierro]

"I beg your pardon...?"

[JustDoItAlways]

I think it was more likely to be a sexual selection process. Women (or Men) with less hair were probably considered to be more attractive.

[elmer fudd]

That just doesn't hold up. It doesn't matter how ugly a woman is there is someone out there who will jump at the chance to breed with her.