How is head hair different from body hair?
We have two types of hair, says dermatologist Elizabeth Houshmand. Vellus hairs, or “peach fuzz,” cover virtually our entire ...
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Why Don’t Humans Have Fur?
Luscious fur coats insulate many animals from the cold and protect ... who studies the evolution of human skin and skin pigmentation at Pennsylvania State University, said that our relative ...
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Why your body gets goosebumps and what they really mean
Goosebumps reveal your body's ancient survival instincts. Discover why your skin reacts to cold, fear, and even music.
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Hair growing skin produced from human stem cells
“We were truly astounded to see hair growing in our culture dish,” says Koehler. “As we repeated the experiments we learned how the process closely mimics the sequence of human fetal skin ...
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Most ancient Europeans had dark skin, eyes and hair up until 3,000 years ago, new research finds
Most prehistoric Europeans had dark skin, hair and eyes well into the Iron Age, about 3,000 years ago, new research finds.