So I was browsing Reddit and came across a thread asking people if they would hook up with an Australopithecus Afarensis. It's a wild question and my thoughts were:
1) Ew
2) Can they even consent? They lack abstract reasoning and the power of speech
3) Would the fun bits even fit together without injury? Modern humans are much larger than Australopithecus and are equipped with proportionately monster-sized genitals compared with other primates. Gorillas weigh double a typical human and top out at 7-8cm (2.5") fully erect.
Anyway, it made me wonder how far back in time you could go and still be attracted to /attractive to the locals. I know all modern humans outside of Africa have Neanderthal and/or Denisovan DNA thanks to some inter-species hanky panky, so it was clearly possible going back at least 100K years.
Go back further to Homo Erectus days and you run into problems. Yes, they had fire and tool use, but they didn't appear to have art or music. Did they have language? Their brain sizes increased substantially over the history of their species too, so the further back in time you'd go, the more and more ape like they'd seem to you and the more baby-like you'd seem to them.
I feel like Homo Heidelbergensis then is the furthest a person could reasonably go before they stop looking "human".
Anyway, it was an interesting thought experiment. Can love bloom on the mammoth tundra? Let me know your thoughts.
1) Ew
2) Can they even consent? They lack abstract reasoning and the power of speech
3) Would the fun bits even fit together without injury? Modern humans are much larger than Australopithecus and are equipped with proportionately monster-sized genitals compared with other primates. Gorillas weigh double a typical human and top out at 7-8cm (2.5") fully erect.
Anyway, it made me wonder how far back in time you could go and still be attracted to /attractive to the locals. I know all modern humans outside of Africa have Neanderthal and/or Denisovan DNA thanks to some inter-species hanky panky, so it was clearly possible going back at least 100K years.
Go back further to Homo Erectus days and you run into problems. Yes, they had fire and tool use, but they didn't appear to have art or music. Did they have language? Their brain sizes increased substantially over the history of their species too, so the further back in time you'd go, the more and more ape like they'd seem to you and the more baby-like you'd seem to them.
I feel like Homo Heidelbergensis then is the furthest a person could reasonably go before they stop looking "human".
Anyway, it was an interesting thought experiment. Can love bloom on the mammoth tundra? Let me know your thoughts.
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