The Evolution of Human Body Hair

Exploring theories on why humans have less body hair, including adaptation to environments, hunting techniques, parasite prevention, and sexual selection.

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If you are listening to me speak these words and can understand what I’m saying, then you are a human being.

If you are a human being, you are also a mammal, and if you are a mammal, you have hair….or at least the biological capability to produce hair.

But why exactly do we have hair? What function does it serve? Why do we have less than other animals? And why do people have different types of hair?

Learn more about hair, what it does and how it works on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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