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Fossil record challenges Genesis account of human nakedness

Original: One way to see the nonsensicality of the Book of Genesis is to examine the fossil record of how humans lost our fur and

A critic of the Book of Genesis argues that the fossil and archaeological record of how humans lost their body fur and developed clothing contradicts the biblical story that nakedness brought shame. Instead, the loss of fur is attributed to gradual migration between hot and cold environments over hundreds of thousands of years, with clothing emerging as a practical response to climate rather than a moral one.

Why now: Comments challenging the literal truth of Genesis circulate widely because debates over evolution and biblical literalism remain perennially contentious online.

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• One way to see the nonsensicality of the Book of Genesis is to examine the fossil record of how humans lost our fur and developed clothing. It wasn't because we felt ashamed of nakedness. It was due to a migration between hot and cold environments over hundreds of thousands of… · samanaalara · 5

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