The Story of Human Hair with Tina Lasisi - Audio Only

Why do humans have most of our hair on our heads, not our bodies? Why do we have so many varieties of hair color, thickness, and curliness? Dr. Tina Lasisi is a biological anthropologist whose work explores these evolutionary mysteries. In this episode, she shares her research into why humans have scalp hair as well as her insights on why curly hair is uniquely human.

Origin Stories is an audio-only podcast.

[PHERB_GALLERY]

I woke up wondering why as a black man it is encouraged in our culture to cut our hair low while others ethic groups are allowed to have theirs at whatever length they desire. Idk just woke up with it on my mind and my research led me here so, im just here listening and so far it resonates

[kaveinthran]

Thanks for doing this, have you done episodes on the fact that humans have grandmothers and we have long childhood? I really love to learn about that aspect of being a human.

[simonmitchell]

Camels have a similar hair texture which has excellent thermal protection