Comment on What's the evolutionary advantage of very long hair on human heads?
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 2 days agoI dunno. I’m just having trouble conceptualizing any kind of scenario that could happen with enough frequency to cause this trait to be selected for.
I think it’s more likely that the chemicals in hair just happen to smell bad when burnt. Those chemicals may have been filtered for other reasons.
myrmidex@belgae.social 2 days ago
Yea that could also very well be, that it was pre-existing and had no impact during evolution. I could see there being an evolutionary advantage to hair smelling bad. That’s as far as my confidence and knowledge reaches on the matter. Very interesting nonetheless! :)