Human scalp hair as a thermoregulatory adaptation

June 2023 in “ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ”

Tina Lasisi, James W. Smallcombe, W. Larry Kenney, Mark D. Shriver, Benjamin Zydney, Nina G. Jablonski, George Havenith

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