minus-squareGuest_User@lemmy.worldtoAsk Science@lemmy.world•Are there other human traits like light skin which people developed to adapt to the "new" environment they settled in?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI learned in a university course that kinky hair holds sweat better and allows for better cooling. Where straight, greasy hair drips it off faster. Another interesting environmental trait is sickle cell because it can prevent or at least lessen malaria. linkfedilink
I learned in a university course that kinky hair holds sweat better and allows for better cooling. Where straight, greasy hair drips it off faster.
Another interesting environmental trait is sickle cell because it can prevent or at least lessen malaria.