Sex Hormone Levels and Body Hair Growth in !Kung San and Kavango Men from Namibia

    October 1993 in “ American Journal of Physical Anthropology ”
    Eike‐Meinrad Winkler, Kerrin Christiansen
    Studysummary This study observed that in Namibian/Southern African men, hormone levels, particularly estradiol, influence the growth of body hair, with different effects noted in various ethnic groups.
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