Why do humans have body hair?

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 5 May 2009

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Humans aren't truly naked apes, but other primates put us to shame when it comes to body hair. Why? Tune in to hear Josh and Chuckle discuss the theories and hypotheses behind human hair growth and distribution.

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0:41.0	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:42.5	I'm Josh Clark.
0:43.6	Chuck Bright, how you doing, man?
0:46.2	I am well.
0:48.1	That's very unsure.
0:49.8	Yeah.
0:50.4	I'm feeling the same way.
0:51.7	Is it Chuck and I are recording on a Monday, Jerry's forcing us to.
0:56.9	Usually we record on Fridays.
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