"James Michael Howard"  wrote in message
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> It is my hypothesis that the increase in testosterone in humans results in
> reduced hair.  This also applies to females.  Human females produce about
the
> same amount of estrogen as female chimps, but much more testosterone than
female
> chimps.  Testosterone and estrogen ...both... reduce hair production.  Men
> produce more testosterone than male chimps.  So, men are less hairy than
male
> chimps, and women are less hairy than female chimps and men.  (See
"Androgens in
> Human Evolution," Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum 2001; 94: 345-362 or
> http://www.naples.net/~nfn03605/dheaandr.htm .
>
> James Michael Howard
> Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A.
>

High levels of testosterone in human females as compared to the norm for
humans makes them hairy, increases their sex drive, and causes them to
become more masculine in appearance as many a female body builder has
learned.

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