rba (careful or this interface will autocorrect to ‘bra’) asserted that John Cant was the first to write on the topic in 1981, in his article titled Hypothesis for the Evolution of Human Breasts and Buttocks.
No. Desmond Morris provided a controversial hypothesis for female breast prominence in The Naked Ape (1967), which became known as the “frontal mimicry” or “extra-butt” hypothesis. Cant does cite Morris.
I didn’t read Morris for this post at all, but does he discuss permanence at all? You could imagine temporary breast enlargement during estrus that rescues his theory with no permanence. I thought Cant was the first to discuss permanence, but you’ve made me worry I might be wrong about that.
rba (careful or this interface will autocorrect to ‘bra’) asserted that John Cant was the first to write on the topic in 1981, in his article titled Hypothesis for the Evolution of Human Breasts and Buttocks.
No. Desmond Morris provided a controversial hypothesis for female breast prominence in The Naked Ape (1967), which became known as the “frontal mimicry” or “extra-butt” hypothesis. Cant does cite Morris.
I didn’t read Morris for this post at all, but does he discuss permanence at all? You could imagine temporary breast enlargement during estrus that rescues his theory with no permanence. I thought Cant was the first to discuss permanence, but you’ve made me worry I might be wrong about that.