Loughborough University: Curly Hair Kept Early Humans Cool
June 09, 2023
June 09, 2023
LOUGHBOROUGH, England, June 9 (TNSjou) -- Loughborough University issued the following news release:
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* Tightly curled scalp hair protected early humans from the sun's radiative heat, allowing their brains to grow to sizes comparable to those of modern humans
* Loughborough researchers worked with Penn State University, in the USA, to study heat transfer through human hair wigs and the environment to examine how diverse hair textures affect heat gain f . . .
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* Tightly curled scalp hair protected early humans from the sun's radiative heat, allowing their brains to grow to sizes comparable to those of modern humans
* Loughborough researchers worked with Penn State University, in the USA, to study heat transfer through human hair wigs and the environment to examine how diverse hair textures affect heat gain f . . .