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Why do (male) humans have moustaches and little body hair but apes have body hair and no moustaches ?

Most apes bodies are completely covered in hair with the exception of their faces; humans being the exception with only very fine hair on their bodies  while adult male humans grow thick facial hair, in particular moustaches.  I imagine heat, clothing, etc may have caused humans to lose their body hair in the course of evolution but I'm intruiged about why we gained a moustache.

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  • Asked by Peetle
  • on 2009-12-18 09:17:57
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Last edited on: 2009-12-18 09:19:13

Categories: Human Body.

Tags: humanbody, evolution, hair.

 

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Henrique88 says:

In addition to the previous answer, back in tribal times, having a moustach could have been a factor of sexual selection, similar to that of peafowl's tail.

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