Body Hair (with Rebecca Herzig)

Why do we remove our body hair? Why do humans have less hair than our primate cousins? And why was Darwin obsessed with beards? Featuring Rebecca Herzig, author of "Plucked: A History of Hair Removal." Pick it up here: https://amzn.to/3Csj819 See citations for this episode: https://www.tabooscience.show/s2e9-body-hair/ Subscribe to the BRAND NEW newsletter! https://www.tabooscience.show/newsletter/ Follow Taboo Science: https://twitter.com/tabooscience https://www.instagram.com/tabooscience/ Visit tabooscience.show for more. Taboo Science is written and produced by Ashley Hamer. Theme music by Danny Lopatka of DLC Music.

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