Hair Texture

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Evolution Of Hair - Evolution - Texture - Curly Hair
... asserts that it was evolutionarily advantageous for pre-humans to retain the hair on their heads in order to protect the scalp as they walked upright in the intense African (equatorial) UV light ... also is very vulnerable at birth), was arguably a more urgent issue (axillary hair in the underarms and groin were also retained as signs of sexual maturity) ... Homo erectus began a transition from furry skin to the naked skin expressed by Homo sapiens, hair texture putatively changed gradually from straight hair (the condition ...

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