Why are we like this? (Ep 95)
Big Biology
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The Complexity of Hair
The range of variation that we see in terms of scalp hair morphologically is anything from a completely straight hair fiber, which can be very thick or can be very thin to a tightly coiled hair fiber. Most populations in the world have what we see as homogenously dark hair. In Europe and some of Melanesia, there are large numbers of individuals who have very lightly pigmented hair that some would call blonde. And in Europe, again, you also have individuals with red hair.
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