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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Vishwam Sankaran

Curly hair allowed early humans to ‘stay cool and actually conserve water’

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Curly hair may have been an adaptation in early humans that helped them stay cool while conserving water, according to a new study.

The research, published on Thursday in the journal PNAS, sheds more light on how the evolutionary adaptation of hair texture may have enabled human brains to grow to modern-day sizes.

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