Why Aren't Humans as Hairy as Other Mammals? Here's The Science.

Science Alert ^ | April 26, 2025 | Maria Chikina, The Conversation

[lurk]

There were hairy people. They got fewer dates. In time, natural selection eliminated them. Except for Iranians.

[Red Badger]

We had a guy in the Marines that was so hairy he looked like he was wearing a fur coat!................

[tumblindice]

Hairy Mary
There was a young damsel named Mary
With a face that was really quite hairy.
Said she, “What’s so weird
About sporting a beard?
It is well known that I am contrary.”

[KTM rider]

Perhaps it was the ability of humans with a sugary omnivore diet to host a parasite in the hair follicles, such as Demodex Folliculorum for example, which led to body hair loss and natural Selection caused favor .

[BobL]

I suspect the main reason is that Sports Illustrated would have a much tougher time selling their Swimsuit Edition if all women looked like Michelle.

[Fuzz]

‘ We had a guy in the Marines that was so hairy he looked like he was wearing a fur coat!..’

Sexy foxhole buddy.

[Red Badger]

Why do men and some women go bald in their later years.

We had a guy in high school go bald at 18 just like his dad.............

[Clay Moore]

Cue the NASCAR fan with his favorite drivers number shaved on his back.

[rdl6989]

Mine started in my late twenties.

[Red Badger]

This is exactly what my friend in the Marines looked like!...........

[Red Badger]

Mine began in early thirties............

[frank ballenger]

But Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, ‘Behold, my brother Esau is a hairy man and I am a smooth man.

Genesis, 27:11.

[struggle]

100,00 years ago

some dude plucked all his hair and chicks dug it

then the plucked dude got killed, but other dudes started trying it

then everyone was doing it

then it became genetic

the end

[frank ballenger]

Painting....

Woman: “I have a premonition that a distant descendant of yours will be a major film star named Lon Chaney.”

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Well, I saw Lon Chaney walking with the Queen
🎶
Doing the Werewolves of London
🎶

I saw Lon Chaney, Jr. walking with the Queen
🎶
Doing the Werewolves of London
🎶

I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic’s
🎶
And his hair was perfect.
🎶

——Werewolves of London (1978) by Warren Zevon.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

There was some social media person who was accused of hanging out with someone in "blackface".

The person had hypertrichosis.

Some faces were quite red over that one.

[frank ballenger]

Does anyone else remember the wrestler George “The Animal”
Steele?

https://www.google.com/search?q=wrestler+George+the+Animal+Steele&sca_esv=f52468ac0d91e75b&udm=2&biw=1052&bih=479&ei=1VAMaOeKO9eeptQP68O2w

He was a math teacher named William James Myers in the Detroit suburbs during the week.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Magnum PI was easy on the eyes.

[gundog]

Your logic seems kind of circular...or maybe it’s just the way you stated it.

Natural selection favored sickle-cell anemia, in some areas.

[Islander7]

But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man…”

Genesis 27:11