Comment on What's the evolutionary advantage of very long hair on human heads?
Frozengyro@lemmy.world 1 day agoI think many see evolution as a smart process moving towards something or as improvement. That’s correlation, it looks that way from the outside, but evolution is merely what survived long enough to reproduce, and traits best for that and/or selected by a partner, are what get passed on.
flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
And back to OPs question : maybe long hair was helpful? Either in finding a mate or keeping warm.
I’m bald AF though, and successful on both counts so what do I know?
Mothra@mander.xyz 15 hours ago
You aren’t subject to every pressure every hominid ancestor ever was. Bald today still gets you laid, congrats! And you got hats to keep warm and look fabulous. :) I believe long hair must have presented some kind of advantage at some point though, there are some interesting comments here.