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> any condition that doesn't impact survival until sexual maturity Diseases that impact even just appearance can surely make you less attractive as a mate thou
by wizofaus 3y ago
> any condition that doesn't impact survival until sexual maturity
Diseases that impact even just appearance can surely make you less attractive as a mate though. And larger goiters can impede breathing or swallowing. So I'd be suspicious of the idea that we've been significantly deficient in iodine for extended periods of our evolutionary history.
- civilitty 3y agoLarge goiters are rare and the vast majority are not outwardly visible nor do they impact breathing. I’d be far more suspicious of applying modern standards of beauty to humans that lived hundreds of thousands of years ago.