Thanks to Scott Travers and Forbes Online for the Headline
A Headline with a hint ,now that’s original.
Body fur in truth is a delicate question, it’s not all about biology, there’s most likely in the modern psyche a lot of psychology, or actually even worry.
Hair too much of it, too little of it can be a pain in our modern society.
So let’s get back to basics. Biology.
Hair exists because we need it , as do sweat glands. In terms of ecology and environment we need both. Hair keeps us warm and the thatch on our head (if we’ve got one) can protect us from U.V light. We used to cool down by panting but now sweating helps us cool down.
Humans developed sweat glands, dogs kept their fur and have to pant to cool down. So dogs must have kept to cooler climates and it’s only humans who have transported them to hotter climates or indeed bred hairlessness into their D.N.A.
Humans wandered around and eventually lived everywhere and presumably cut their hair and began to shave for fashion. Personally I think personal ‘smell’ etiquette may have come into it , and boils (blocked follicles) and other infestations like lice and fleas (very itchy) began to play their role in the human wish list of things that didn’t exist. ie too much hair.
Still we should appreciate both our hair and our sweat glands after all we wouldn’t be here today without them.
I’ve no idea what this picture is but I think it says it all.
Namaste and Thank You for Reading.🙏
thenotsomightyom 