title: [Body hair: an atavistic relic?].
abstract: Hair growth over the entire body is discussed, including the axillary and pubic hair and the hair on the middle phalanges of the fingers, which has special place in the genetic process of hair regression as a whole. Body hair proves to be one of the characteristics that varies markedly with ethnic type.
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012727:Sex Characteristics
vernacular_title: Körperbehaarung: ein atavistisches Relikt?