Due_Platypus_3913 t1_j9wlxx8 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 2:06 AM

So our ancestors survived the first ice age(or two?) with NO CLOTHES?!?Yikes!Now that’s tough!

ZhouDa t1_j9wp40v wrote on February 25, 2023 at 2:31 AM

If we were still in Africa at that time it wouldn't have been that difficult, especially if we had more hair/fur than we do now. I think only South Africa had glaciated during the last ice age.

Swedish-Butt-Whistle t1_j9x3q5u wrote on February 25, 2023 at 4:37 AM

We discovered fire long before that, so we were fine. It took many generations to lose our body hair as we adapted to being able to create our own heat sources.

INTHEMIDSTOFLIONS t1_j9xgmtp wrote on February 25, 2023 at 6:53 AM

We’re still living in an ice age right now.

Ice Age doesn’t mean eternal winter, it just means the earth’s temperatures have dropped below average for a long period of time, allowing for glacial sheets to form. A difference of 4 degrees C can be an iced age.

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/whats-coldest-earths-ever-been

SkriVanTek t1_j9xx2zi wrote on February 25, 2023 at 10:38 AM

iirc ice age is a period with ice covered poles

_corleone_x t1_j9xlak8 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 7:52 AM

TIL that's what Ice Age means

laprawnicon t1_j9xr18l wrote on February 25, 2023 at 9:10 AM

Thats not right either, the only requirement is the existence of polar ice caps, or significant glaciation and ice sheets. Similar but not the same