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Watch Stanislav Drobyshevsky's course "From the Big Bang to Man"! https://videoknigi.com/ Drobyshevsky's course opens a new popular science project "Living Books"! And in this lecture, Alexander Sokolov, founder of the Anthropogenesis.ru portal, explains why our ancestors lost their fur and why hair still remains. The recording was made in Tver, in the "Living City" lecture hall, in the summer of 2024. 00:00 Man - a naked ape? 08:48 Why do we need fur (not just to keep warm) 12:14 The Darwin-Wallace debate 15:10 The emergence of clothing 21:32 The parasite hypothesis 28:58 "Underdeveloped monkey" 34:48 More funny hypotheses 40:59 Sweat - a brilliant "invention" 53:30 Endurance hunting 58:21 Why is there hair left? Do women like it? 01:04:26 Does hair increase sensitivity? 01:08:03 Elephants don't sweat 01:09:57 Why do we need a beard 01:19:20 What is the benefit of going bald 01:29:08 Questions. The evolution of hair in other human species 01:31:46 Hair color: which is evolutionarily more advantageous? 01:36:10 Why curly hair #sokolov #anthropogenesis #evolution #wool