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What factors caused us to evolve differently in these two areas?
2006-08-20 14:27:49 · 9 answers · asked by vinny_the_hack 5 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
Oops, I forgot--women don't have hair on their chests, either.
2006-08-20 14:29:03 · update #1
But i know why they have no hair on their chests--there's no grass in playgrounds.
2006-08-20 14:29:49 · update #2
Genetics. Hairy women are generally left out of the gene pool by natural selection.
2006-08-20 14:33:31 · answer #1 · answered by hott.dawg™ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Men and women have hair all over their entire bodies. The only thing is that the hair in some regions are corser and darker than others. Men and women both have thick, corse hair in their pubic regions, armpits, above their eyes, and tops of the head. Most men and many women also have fairly thick hair on arms and legs. Some men have thick hair on their faces, backs, chests, bellies, etc. However, the hair is everywhere.
If I had to guess, I would think that the simple wearing of clothing caused body hair to become obsolete, except where it served functions other than keeping the body warm. Our armpits and pubic regions help(ed) collect and distribute pheremones. On men, facial and what little body hair remains is likely due to the hunter-gatherers of old, who would need that extra little bit of insulation.
Evolution has happened at least as fast with relatively cosmetic changes like this in the past, so this reason could be sufficient explanaition for the modern lack of thick body hair in humans.
2006-08-20 14:55:43 · answer #2 · answered by Fenris 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Women have hair in all the places men do, men just happen to have thicker, darker hair. How this happens is through gene expression, why this happens is open to theoretical debate. The theory I find most probable is that men, for whatever reason, find lighter, thinner haired women more attractive than dark, thick haired women. This would lead to thinner haired women passing on their genes at a higher rate than thick haired women, eventually leading to the dominance in thin haired genetics. A reason for this could be that women have adapted to look more like children in reaction to males lack of aggression towards their young.
2006-08-20 14:48:35 · answer #3 · answered by numbnuts 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All humans have hair covering their entire bodies except for the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet. male hormones make hair grow more vigorously in certain areas, and, women shave.
2006-08-20 14:33:45 · answer #4 · answered by sassy_91 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its called testastrone!! men have way more than women do and it makes hair grow.
and fyi i have more hair on my chest and butt than my ex husband! oops i forgot you have to have testastrone to grow hair there! lol guess thats why he dont have any.
but some women do have "hair" in those places even their face. but they get it removed when ever it shows its self.
and every one has hair just about every where its just mens testasrone makes some of theres get longer and darker.
(the same way estrogen makes women grow boobs)
2006-08-20 14:37:40 · answer #5 · answered by naightengale 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-05 06:37:04 · answer #6 · answered by garion 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hairier...the uglier...the uglier the scarier? Back then they didn't have combs, right? Picture a face full of bushy and ungroomed hair...then imagine the showing of teeth- like animals do when they are in a fighting mode....It must have worked as a scare tactic....otherwise it wouldn't have survived to this day.
2006-08-20 22:05:47 · answer #7 · answered by justmemimi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Women DO have hair in these areas!!!!!
Ok so its a lot less and those that do generally wax it.......
Its due to testosterone levels.
2006-08-20 14:35:39 · answer #8 · answered by ii337 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's called hormones babe.
2006-08-20 14:36:28 · answer #9 · answered by copaceticlove 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋