Why do we have hair in such random places? - Nina G. Jablonski
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We have lots in common with our closest primate relatives. But comparatively, humans seem a bit… underdressed. Instead of thick fur covering our bodies, many of us mainly have hair on top of our heads— and a few other places. So, how did we get so naked? And why do we have hair where we do? Nina G. Jablonski explores the evolution of human hair.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Nina G. Jablonski
- Director Igor Coric
- Narrator Alexandra Panzer
- Animator Tamara Bogovac, Jovan Rakić
- Compositor Igor Coric
- Art Director Tamara Bogovac
- Storyboard Artist Igor Coric
- Sound Designer Nikola Radivojevic
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Music Nikola Radivojevic
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Associate Editorial Producer Cella Wright
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Fact-Checker Julia Dickerson
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Why is it important for us to know and talk about the evolution of human hair and skin?
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Pham Thy
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I think it makes us explain why human hair is so naked as compared to our primate relative
Jennifer Mink
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it gives us hints to human past
Noen Walker
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Because it gives us a idea of what we would of looked like back then and how they would of lived and it can kinda give us a idea of what we'll look like in the future.
Ivi Wan
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It helps us to introspective, how & why we become the looking today, and what we'll be like tomorrow.
Ivi Wan
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in response to Zeynep Ozer Show comment
can't agree more
Laura Pacheco Marte
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Porque nos ayudará a comprender el pasado de nuestros antepasados y cómo se transformaron en los humanos que conocemos.
Marina Melo
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I guess we should learn more about the evolutionary process of the human hair to comprehend, to understand the enviremental which our ancestors used to live and thus, to have an idea of what we should expect from our future. I see lots of people who doesn't think that it's a good subject to know about, but how are we supposed to built a new, better world, without knowing our past?
Doan Tran Diem Phuc
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It helps us trace back to the place where we originated; places where we once set foot on and gives us more accurate time scales of ancient human migration by comparing changes in hair and skin and climate of places.
Harry Connerty
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It is important for us to know and talk about the evolution of human hair and skin because for us to better understand our ancestors better for us to tell a lot about how they lived.
Thach Nguyen Quoc
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The evolution of our body hair help us to know the climate and weather that our ancestor used to live and how our ancestors look like. Throughout the evolution we can predict how our body hair look like in the future because as we know that the older the earth is, the hotter the earth is
