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What's the point of beards?
Original: What’s the point of beards?
Popular Science examines why men grow facial hair, exploring what evolutionary or biological purpose beards serve. The piece weighs leading scientific explanations, including sexual selection, social signaling and protection, while noting researchers still debate how much advantage beards actually confer. Readers are discussing whether facial hair is a trait nature selected for or largely a cultural fashion with little biological function.
Why now: A science outlet's explainer on the evolutionary purpose of beards is prompting curiosity and debate about human facial hair.
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- What’s the point of beards? · Popular Science
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