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[tzs]

Probably good that we lost them. Judging by photos [1] of some of the rare cases of humans who were born with tails human tails wouldn't be aesthetically pleasing. Although perhaps human tails that are the result of something going awry might not be a good indicator of what human tails would be like if we had kept them.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3263034/

[jezzamon → tzs]

If we kept tails both the tails and our sense of what is attractive would be under evolutionary pressures so they probably would be normal to us!

[gigglesupstairs → jezzamon]

Exactly. I still find noses and ears to be such noticeable protrusions once I let go of my knowledge of human faces.

[GordonS → tzs]

If we'd never lost tails, probably we wouldn't find then so "un-human". Also, presumably most people would have "normal" (as in, the same as most others) tails, rather than like the images in that article.

[withinboredom → tzs]

NSFW, in case you are thinking about checking the link out.

[GirkovArpa → withinboredom]

This comment needs to be higher.

[atomlib → tzs]

Clearly you haven't heard of catgirls.

[happymellon → atomlib]

Although those photos were more dickbutt than catgirl.