Why Are White People So Hairy?

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Neanderthal DNA in Humans

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  • Because vikings needed protection from the cold weather!
  • Whites DID tend to be in colder climates. I can't say too much about asians, but I think THEY were ALSO.

    Steve
  • There are a few races that don't grow face hair at all. Wonder who their ancestors are? The greys maybe?
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  • White skin doesn't afford as much protection from the sun and other elements. Maybe extra hair makes up for that.
  • Are you claiming black people get less hair? You're playing with fire, and I wouldn't be surprised to find out WF is being sued for racism.
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    • It's racist to notice that some people have more hair than others? WOW. That's some PC kool-aid I'm not going to drink. I fail to see anyone making judgement calls on anyone due to their race. THAT is what racism is. Noticing physical differences in people is not racist - attributing personality and character factors to their race is racism. Get your facts straight before you start tinfoil air-raid screaming, pleazzzzzzzzzzzzzze.

      White skin is an adaption for northern areas - it processes vitamin D easier. People originally lived in areas closer to the equator and dark skin protected them sun. As we moved to northern climates, our body required more ease in processing sunlight into the D and sulfur that we needed. Blacks in Northern regions often have a problem with D deficiency because of it and have to supplement more.

      As far as hair - I haven't noticed that whites are hairier than blacks, just that there are races of people that the males don't grow facial hair at all. I don't see that as a matter of protection from cold - it wouldn't explain the equatorial people having hair and others, such as Native Americans, not having it.
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  • Those of Arab decent tend to be far hairier than caucaisans

    Just sayin
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    • BREAKING NEWS: Arabs are Caucasians!
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  • Well the Chinese have a lot of Neanderthal DNA, too - I'm wondering if the Yeti, which they have DNA evidence of is a hold over of Neanderthals or if they are more like what we think of as big foot They aught to check that DNA with the locals - especially in regions near the Plateau.

    And yeah, I'm kidding. That was just for the tinfoil racism screamers. LOL.

    Steve - height and bone structure is one of them. I know an archaeologist who found 8 ft skeletons (in coffins) - two male and one female. They had long red hair and Asian facial structure. Pretty wild. I wonder where they came from?
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    • I doubt that it would be big foot. When I was in China, I could never find shoes big enough for me.
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  • I dont know. Im whiter than a flour biscuit....but I shore aint hairy. lol
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    • Maybe you're not so high in Neanderthal DNA, joining Ozzy Osbourne whose Neanderthal DNA level is also relatively low for a white dude (yes, he actually got tested for it).
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  • Because God made them so...
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  • @ Thunderbird

    Well I have always thought of you as pretty smart. I quit school in the 8th grade, so it dont take much to impress me, but you seem to hang pretty well with the big dogs here when it comes to more intellectual type subjects.

    Dude, you look too modelesque to have an opinion...shouldnt you be looking in a mirror primping or something...?

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    • I really don't know where you're coming from with that, since it doesn't match the picture. John, you represent what most people in the world respect -- someone who blazed his own trail. I can tell you that kings and peasants alike respect that more than just about anything else. Intellectually, you match wits as well as anyone, and better.
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    • That there be what us dumb folks calls a left-handed compliment.
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  • My ancestors actually were from the area around Caucasia - does that mean the Neanderthal genes went the other way into Europe instead of over into our territory? I am severely NOT hairy.
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  • I find this thread offensive and racist.

    Especially because I'm a hairy beast.

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  • Never imagined id find a thread about this on this forum. I did a google search "are whites hairy on average". Because im arab and hairy af and found it peculiar since i was born in a arid place.
  • I am surprised to see this ancient Neanderthal thread get revived.
  • I need an expert to solve this problem for me. How come African American Football players all
    have long hair, and African American Basketball and golfers don't?
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  • Steve I know. Even knowing a biological difference is now considered racist. Pretty soon any description of anything or anyone will become illegal and communication will, in effect, be disabled to suit some mentally ill screamers with no grip on reality.

    Anyhow - some races don't grow facial hair. Native Indians don't. There's some asians that don't either - but I'm not sure of the descendency line in that matter.

    Anyhow - I'm Cuacasion and never grew hair on my armpits. (very convenient), The hair on my head is thick to inconvenience, and legs light but normal. Not sure if that is idiosyncratic or racial. Never really thought of asking my grandparents about hair.
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    • Yeah, the hair on the top and sides of my head USED to be thick, and now isn't. My facial hair is VERY thick. I was once at fedco. It was maybe 1970. In the front of the store, there was a general grooming/watch area. I am NOT kidding here, they had a special shaver JUST FOR BLACKS! The shaver ITSELF said it was for blacks, and the man on the package was black, of course. I forget whether it was Norelco, Remington, or whatever, but it was a major brand and JUST FOR BLACKS. Being curious, I asked the attendant WHY. He said it was because they tend to have thicker hair. I DOUBT it is any thicker than mine, but it would be interesting to see how such razors work. Elsewhere, my hair is relatively thin, about as thin as it is on the sides and back of my head now.

      As for differences in races? YEAH, there are differences, AND in regions, AND in cultures, etc... People, governments, etc... are different.

      Steve
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    I ain't white and I am hairy like a wookie.
  • Because the lumbersexual look is in.
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    • LUMBER sexual? I DOUBT lumberjacks get rid of the hair, unless they do one of the other things in their time off.

      Steve
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