Why do you think humans lost their fur?

Scientific theory would say animals living in cold climates need thick fur to survive. Those in hotter climates do not need fur as thick. Yet fur is still on many animals even on chimps in Africa which is very hot. Yet, it's not really on their human cousins. Yes, we have hair on our head and small amounts goring elsewhere. Hair and fur are two names for a similar thing. But we don't have enough hair to survive in the winter without a coat or to protect much of our skin from the sun rays.

It does not make sense from an evolutionary standpoint for humans to migrate from Africa to Europe a cooler climate and loose the the hair of their chimp ancestor. Yet we see it in human ancestors. Gradually we get less and less hairy.

 

Why am I losing MY fur is more interesting to me

 

look at me if i don't groom myself for a couple weeks and tell me we lost our fur.

 

Because in order to run long distances you need to be able to sweat

 

I think once they got fire, they was burning each other and shit.. but never really gave it much thought .
And maybe then they was OHhh .. do it again.. all the sudden hairless.
And maybe somehow that stuck like dog breading.. less hair and less hair.
But some people have not lost all their hair.. Quote Robin Williams when he went to the zoo and seen the gorilla, and the gorilla asked "how you get out there?"..

 

I wonder why men still have beards? What possible survival advantage is there to that? And why don't women have beards?

 

What about goddam antelopes . . . or just plain antelopes? Or African Wild Dogs?

 

Humans are actually better endurance runners than antelopes or dogs

And antelopes and dogs still sweat right? Just through their mouths rather than skin? Or maybe i'm mistaken on that

 

with the hormone nuts around the world today.. bearded ladies are every where. well, just in a few trailer parks but the virus is spreading..

 

yeah i've seen a bunch of women with beards that rival mine. then i look at the "post a picture of a hot guy" threads here and see all this wispy shit that covers maybe a third of what a beard is supposed to cover. clearly the genders are in the process of a beard swap.

 

Why do so many socialists have beards?

 

Well the question wasn't about sweating. It was about fur or hair. But a horse sweats and can probably outdo a human when it comes to endurance. But it is true that a goddam wild dog can run farther than a human.

 

Well there's no need for a constant supply of razors. All you need is a pair of scissors so as to avoid eventually tripping over the damn thing.

 

Probably there was some hairless freak running around having sex with all the females.

 

Oh. I figured it had something to do with not looking like the more evolved bourgeoisie.

 

You mean your question or the OP's? Because I know the OP's question was about fur, and my answer was about sweating.

Actually there have been studies showing humans are better long distance runners than horses as well. Thats in reference to their endurance, not their speed.

Humans evolved to have an efficient cooling system - their sweat glands and lack of fur - in order to track prey across long distances.

That doesnt mean there arent other animals out there who can run long distances. Obviously there are. i'm just saying humans evolved in a unique way to give them an evolutionary advantage as far as endurance.

 

But dogs run long distances. They have hair, and they don't sweat.

 

Well they do sweat, just not like humans.
And clearly they've evolved in other ways that allow them to run long distances.

If you're interested in why other animals are able to run long distances, i'm sure you could research it. I've only read up on humans myself

 

Dogs can sweat like mofos. But because they sweat via the mouth as they always did, they didn't lose their fur in the same way.

 

I've seen a NatGeo or Science Channel thing on this very topic. Most prey could run faster than humans, but humans could run for longer periods of time. Eventually their prey simply ran out of steam and collapsed.