• Question: why is head hair so long?

    Asked by busstopbaby to Ben, Clare, Ezzy, Mario, Sam on 16 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Ben Smart

      Ben Smart answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      Long head hair helps keep our heads warm. Head hair is our bodies growing a hat.

    • Photo: Elizabeth Pearson

      Elizabeth Pearson answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      Ben’s right. People in warmer climates have shorter hair.

      Its also because we found it attractive. People with longer hair got the girls and so the genes carried on.

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