Nudity is a state of being in which a human is not wearing clothing or specifically is not covering the genitals. The loss of body fur was one of the physical characteristics that marked the biological evolution of modern humans from their hominini ancestors. Adaptations related to hairlessness contributed to the increase in brain size, bipedalism , and the variation in human skin color. While estimates vary, for at least 90, years anatomically modern humans wore no clothing, the invention of which was part of the transition from being not only anatomically but behaviorally modern. As societies developed from being hunter-gatherers to being agrarian, clothing and other body adornments became part of cultural evolution as individuals and groups became differentiated by status, class and individual identity. However, through much of history until the modern era, people were unclothed in public by necessity or convenience either when engaged in effortful activity, including labor and athletics; or when bathing or swimming. Such functional nudity occurred in groups that were not always segregated by sex. Nudity is culturally complex due to meanings given various states of undress in differing social situations.


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