Why Body Hair?

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In today's episode Hank talks about hair: What's it good for, what's it made of, and why do we have less than other mammals? Like SciShow? Want to get cool things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/artist/52/SciShow Or help support us by subscribing to our page on Subbable: https://subbable.com/scishow -- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Thanks Tank Tumblr: http://thankstank.tumblr.com Sources for this episode: http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/human-biology/human-body-hair.htm http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/topics/mammal_anatomy/hair.html http://www.hair-science.com/ http://www.economist.com/node/21541808 http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/19/science/why-humans-and-their-fur-parted-ways.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm http://www.dermnetnz.org/hair-nails-sweat/hypertrichosis.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roger-friedland/women-pubic-hair_b_875465.html http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-is-the-difference-be

Published 2013-09-17 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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