Comparative evidence for the independent evolution of hair and sweat gland traits in primates
Y. G. Kamberov, S. M. Guhan, A. DeMarchis, J. Jiang, S. S. Wright, B. A. Morgan, P. C. Sabeti, C. J. Tabin, D. E. Lieberman
The paper compares hair follicle and eccrine sweat gland density across macaques, chimpanzees, and humans, finding humans have lower hair density and higher sweat gland density than other primates.
bioRxiv · Sep 29, 2018Evolutionary Biology