why don't we have fur like the great apes?

Answer 1

One argument is humans lost their fur in order to free themselves from dangerous parasites that infest fur such as blood-sucking lice, flees, and ticks and the diseases they spread. Body lice can spread diseases such as typhus, relapsing fever, and trench fever which have killed millions during war time.

Scientists believe the switch from fur occured about 1.2 million years ago by dating a gene that specifies a switch between the two kinds of pigment made by human cells. In addition, the development of clothes came much later as the scientists in the article below argue. So apparently, we have been walking around naked for a long time.

Answer 2

We do have fur you know it as hair. Since we started wearing clothing we didn't need fur anymore so the genes for it dropped out of the gene pool, for most people. The remnants of fur are the hair on your head and your body. On some people it is so fine as to be invisible, on a few it makes them resemble apes. There was an episode on C.S.I. where a woman had hair like a werewolf, so she hid herself in her brother's house. Her brother had a less sever condition, but he was still murdered for it, by the brother of his fiancé. The fiancé’s brother was afraid that he would pass on the condition to his sister’s children.

Answer 3

We evolved beyond the need to have fur all over when we started wearing artificial coverings to keep warm. Gradually, fur-producing genes left the gene-pool because they served no purpose.

Answer 4

We don't stay outside & we don't have animal fur, we grow human "hair", most of us do anyway! If you fail to shave certain parts of your body, the "hair" will grow in excess to protect those areas.

Answer 5

Some people do.

Answer 6

We are not apes, and we NEVER have been!

Answer 7

We're not apes, we're humans!!!!!!!!

Answer 8

We never did, and we never will. Evolotion is bogus!