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    New research: How humans lost their body hair!

    Gabrielle Kardon
    January 26, 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. See new eLife paper.

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