From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lcrocker@calweb.com)
Date: Tue Jan 28 1997 - 13:51:40 MST
> Also of a greater influence, fewer deaths caused by skin cancer over time
> due to colder climates and heavy head-covering clothing could contribute to
> the evolution of baldness.
I'm not aging, I'm evolving; yeah, that's it. Seriously, though, wouldn't
the cultural associations of hair type with sexual attractiveness
overwhelm any small environmentally adaptive effect baldness might have?
Zahavi makes a good case that attractiveness cues evolve faster precisely
because they /are/ handicaps.
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