University of Utah Health: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow - How Humans Lost Their Body Hair
January 06, 2023
January 06, 2023
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 6 (TNSjou) -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2023:
Orangutans, mice, and horses are covered with it, but humans aren't. Why we have significantly less body hair than most other mammals has long remained a mystery. But a first-of-its-kind comparison of genetic codes from 62 animals is beginning to tell the story of how people--and other mammals--lost their locks.
Humans appear to have the genes f . . .
Orangutans, mice, and horses are covered with it, but humans aren't. Why we have significantly less body hair than most other mammals has long remained a mystery. But a first-of-its-kind comparison of genetic codes from 62 animals is beginning to tell the story of how people--and other mammals--lost their locks.
Humans appear to have the genes f . . .