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《新科学家》 2026年10月3日 · 中文解读

《焦虑而多毛》:人类体毛的进化与文化

The long and short of it · Elle Hunt
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朱迪·韦尔林在《焦虑而多毛》中梳理了人类体毛的进化与文化史,指出人类除脚底和手掌外,毛囊数量与灵长类近亲相同,只是多长细软的绒毛。她认为头发、胡须、腋毛和阴毛可能分别服务于调温防晒、性选择、社交信号和择偶判断,而体毛的多寡还长期与焦虑、种族偏见和社会控制纠缠在一起。
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Why do modern humans have hair, anywhere? An enthusiastic and curious book looks for answers – and persuades an initially sceptical Elle Hunt PICK up Judy Wearing’s Anxious and Hairy, and you might well wonder at its length: how did she possibly fill 300 pages with... hair? It is a credit to her diligent research, infectious curiosity and personable voice that, on finishing this exhaustive exploration into what the subtitle calls the “evolution and culture of human hair”, I was struck by how much I’d taken for granted. …
摘自《新科学家》(New Scientist)2026年10月3日,Elle Hunt。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。
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