Why are humans the only species to need clothes ?

[horlock_was_super]

Doesn't answer the question though, after thousands of years of living in freezing conditions, why do Eskimo's or Inuit's still need clothes ?

Ray Davies might just have the answer...............

 

[horlock_was_super]

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That looks like Mike Harding!!!

 

[Barcon]

One hypothesis from about 20 years ago was that humans were evolving into long distance runners to hunt prey, and hair was lost during this process.

Kind of like how men that drive convertibles are bald.

 

[MCFC Wirral]

An old flame of mine was naked or near naked at home often. Never had one like that since.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Doesn't answer the question though, after thousands of years of living in freezing conditions, why do Eskimo's or Inuit's still need clothes ?

Bill, Bill, Bill (shakes head incredulously)

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

If Whales knew how to make clothes they wouldn’t have ended up big fat bastards.

And dogs befriended humans for this;

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

The first amoeba on Earth were rags

Thought that was the Scum.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Watched an interesting documentary about this last year....afaicr we learnt to walk upright and for some reason at the same time we started to sweat. You cant sweat with fur so the fur/hair had to go apart from the places that needed it, head, pubic regions etc. Man started to migrate from the warmer climes of Africa and surrounds and so needed to get the fur back on when it went colder. Some bright spark then opened up a Top Shop and the rest is history.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

What I don't understand is why we lost our fur in the first place only to then have to wear clothes to keep warm.

By ‘we’ are you referring to Homo Sapiens?

 

[J.G.Blue.]

Ladies & Gentlemen.

Why have they never adapted to local conditions like every other animal/bird ?

I dont like the way those Eskimos are always rubbing noses to greet each other, I would be seriously worried about catching Sniffilis.