Is there a purpose for hair?

How do you like to wear your hair? Do you cut it short? Get it braided? Dye it every color of the rainbow? Hair can be an amazing tool for self-expression, but does it also serve another purpose? We asked biological anthropologist Habiba Chirchir to help us find the answer!

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How do you like to wear your hair? Do you cut it short? Get it braided? Dye it every color of the rainbow? Hair can be an amazing tool for self-expression, but does it also serve another purpose? We asked biological anthropologist Habiba Chirchir to help us find the answer!

Have a hairy question you’ve been thinking about? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll comb around for the answer. 

How do you like to wear your hair? Do you cut it short? Get it braided? Dye it every color of the rainbow? Hair can be an amazing tool for self-expression, but does it also serve another purpose? We asked biological anthropologist Habiba Chirchir to help us find the answer!
Have a hairy question you’ve been thinking about? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll comb around for the answer. 

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