Curly hair may have evolved to protect early humans from the sun

In the first study to look at the evolution of hair types, researchers found tightly coiled hair provides a trade-off of shielding the head from the sun while minimising unwanted insulating

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Is it better to have curly or straight hair? - Genes and Hair Curl

Can we assume that the original hair type of modern humans is curly which mutated to straight? How and when did straight hair evolve in humans? - Quora

HinesSight

Why do people have different type of hair (afro, curly, smooth, dense, etc)? What evolution value does this have? - Quora

Curly hair kept early humans cool, Media Centre

Silly Darwin Stories Continue – CEH

Can we assume that the original hair type of modern humans is curly which mutated to straight? How and when did straight hair evolve in humans? - Quora

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Untangling Race From Hair – SAPIENS