Hair for Brain Trade-Off: A Metabolic Bypass for Encephalization

    September 2014 in “ SpringerPlus ”
    Yosef Dror, Michael Hopp
    Studysummary This study suggests that hair loss was a metabolic adaptation allowing hominids to evolve larger brains by alleviating dietary restrictions on essential amino acids for hair and brain development.
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