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To: cripplecreek

I remember reading once that humans are becoming less hairy, and in about 5,000 years we'll be born bald for life.


12 posted on 02/21/2006 7:13:51 PM PST by Lunatic Fringe (North Texas Solutions http://ntxsolutions.com)
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To: Lunatic Fringe
I remember reading once that humans are becoming less hairy, and in about 5,000 years we'll be born bald for life.

I don't see what the selective pressure for that would arise from. With grooming, any social bias against excessive hair can now be circumvented, so I doubt the very recent associated reduction in genetic fitness will extend into future generations.

27 posted on 02/21/2006 7:26:01 PM PST by M203M4
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