Sentences with phrase «human body hair»

Not exact matches

(sacasim) humans do have different pigments and amounts of body hair due to the enviroments our ancestors developed in.

depending on enviromental changes we may see humans increase in body hair (furr) or a loss of more body hair.

And why do humans have hair in only some areas on their bodies?

Or smacks or hair pulling or a tiny human being's entire body on the face.

The human body is so sensitive to what is put internally or topically on the body, that a pregnant mother can find trace amounts of hair dye compounds in her urine.

Following the release of their findings, eBay has banned sales of all human body parts except hair.

Following the study's publication, eBay recently changed its policy to ban sales of all human body parts except hair.

We can guess that this coat was lost by the time of Homo erectus, as its skeleton's proportions show that it was adapting to heat stress like modern humans do, and part of our adaptation involves an enhanced sweat gland cooling system which would not function well with a full coat of body hair.

When the human body breaks down a foreign substance, one can typically find chemical by - products in hair or urine that provide clues about how it has interacted with cells.

Body lice, Pediculus humanus corporis, probably took up residence in garments only after humans began wearing them around 72,000 years ago, while their relatives Phthirus pubis, crab lice, live among human pubic hairs and rarely anywhere else.

And because the human body breaks down water's constituent atoms of hydrogen and oxygen to construct the proteins that make hair cells, those cells can preserve the record of a person's travels.

In humans, aging manifests itself outwardly as gray hair, wrinkles and frail, stooped bodies.

The list included body hair, wisdom teeth, and the coccyx — superfluous features that served as Exhibit A in his argument that humans did not descend from «demigods» but rather from a long line of fur - insulated, plant - chewing creatures that sported tails.

Human and animal hair on the platform — which is uphill from the body's final resting place — are «inconsistent with the disaster theory that the Iceman died where he was found,» the authors write.

Early humans probably shed their full body - hair suits because they were often infested with disease - carrying parasites like lice, fleas and mites, according to scientists at England's John Radcliffe Hospital and University of Reading.

Dubbed «face mites,» D. folliculorum are actually tiny arachnids that inhabit hairs throughout the human body and consume skin cells and oils.

Tiny nanoparticles, far smaller than the width of a human hair, might help the body's own immune system fight tumors, a new study shows.

Until recently, researchers assumed that after human ancestors shed most body hair, sometime before 2 million years ago, they quickly evolved dark skin for protection from skin cancer and other harmful effects of UV radiation.

Fine particles measure 2.5 microns or less in size (approximately 1 / 30th the diameter of a human hair) and can penetrate deep into the body's respiratory system.

«When we hit our 30s,» Lucinda Ellery, founder of the Lucinda Ellery Hair Loss Consultancy, explained, «the amount of human growth hormone in our bodies begins to dissipate.

Their primary role is to ensure the life of the cells in the human body through various processes: regulation of blood sugar, optimization of muscular contraction, skin and hair health, participation in enzymatic reactions, etc..

Silicon (also known as silica) is an abundant mineral nutrient (second only to oxygen) that's needed by the human body for the synthesis of collagen, making it important for healthy hair, skin, nails, and bones.

Sulfur is the third most abundant mineral in the human body, present in every cell, with its greatest concentration in hair, skin and nails.

A rat has a whole - body coat of hair, requiring more proportionate - to - bodyweight] methionine / cysteine than humans.

Nanoparticles (1/100 the width of a human hair) are easier for your body to absorb and transport to where they are needed within your body.

This definition encompasses all of the aging the human body goes through, as opposed to the signs of aging that occur later in life, like gray hair and wrinkles.

Human growth hormones — HGH not only helps to grow hair and nails faster but also increases the muscle mass by reducing the excess body fat initially.

Human growth hormones - HGH not only helps to grow hair and nails faster but also increases the muscle mass by reducing the excess body fat initially.

Maybe most importantly, seaweed collagen is a stellar source of hyaluronic acid, a naturally - occurring acid found in the human body that acts as a lubrication agent for our hair and skin.

Race — socially - constructed classification of humans according to some physical features (e.g.; skin color, hair texture, body type, etc.).

I once wrote a screenplay about a teenage girl with hypertrichosis (an excess of body hair) who performs in a human rarities show under the name Wolf Girl.

Farrow's second Émile Cinq - Mars novel opens with a stunning sequence in which the Montreal police detective finds a body submerged in water beneath a frozen lake, a favorite haunt of ice fisherman: «The circular ice hole was partially filled with water, and a few inches below the surface floated a human head, the long hair beaded with ice, the face plunged down into the frigid lake.»

As dogs move into the geriatric phase of their lives, they experience gradual changes that are remarkably like those of ageing humans: hair can turn grey, their bodies are not as supple and reflexes not as sharp as they once were.

(Never use human shampoo — your dog's hair covers her entire body, not just her head, and the dose of ingredients she'll get from your shampoo may be too much for her.)

«We've been pushing the boundaries of what's possible with digital humans, with realistic facial animation, skin shading, hair technology, eyes rendering and body animation tools,» Sweeney says.

The works on view reflect the different approaches to realism deployed by artists, such as the application of color to imitate skin or flesh, using casts from real bodies, dressing sculptures in clothing, creating moveable limbs and automated bodies, or incorporating human blood, hair, teeth and bones.

Other tactics include the use of casts taken from real bodies, dressing sculpted figures in clothing, constructing moveable limbs and automated bodies, even incorporating human blood, hair, teeth, and bones.

Traces of the body are also evoked by Bojan Šarcevic who laces the branches of a tree branch with human hair in an unsettling work (Presence at Night, 2010).

The figure of the body plays heavily in her installations, which often feature fabric printed to evoke hair or skin, curving steel rods that evince the human spine, and draped sculptural installations made of women's clothing.

Identity Shifts A companion exhibition to Posing Beauty, this collection - based display features works by African American artists who use representations of the human figure or some aspect of the body (including hair) to explore how we construct and perceive personal and cultural identity.

This collection - based exhibition features works by African American artists who use representations of the human figure or some aspect of the body (including hair) to explore how we construct and perceive personal and cultural identity.

Employing the human body as a canvas she applies a pop art colour palette of thick emulsion paint on her sitters» hair, clothes and skin.

Other tactics include the use of casts taken from real bodies, dressing sculpted figures in clothing, constructing movable limbs and automated bodies, even incorporating human blood, hair, teeth, and bones.

These interests have remained central to his practice and extend into the large group of modestly scaled wall works made between 2002 and 2011, which contain not only the metal tool parts and carved wood found in much of his oeuvre but also symbolically loaded materials such as human hair and the asafetida bags traditionally worn on the body to ward off disease.

Primarily focusing on female figures and their subjectivities, Báez's paintings and drawings depict textiles, hair designs, and body ornaments that link traditionally loaded symbols with individual human gestures.

Cave's Soundsuits, which are woven bodysuits built out of materials ranging from fabric, buttons, and beads, to pieces of wood and metal, ceramic birds, and human hair, are his most well known body of work.

As her camera focuses in on pores of skin, body hair and midriff tattoos, she reflects on Walter Benjamin's dictum that «to do without people is for photography the most impossible of renunciations,» and narrates her ensuing retreat from the human figure, until her «subjects constituted little more than the dust on [her] bookshelves or the view under the bed.»

Adorned with fringes of hair as a way of invoking the human body and its physical presence, Geyer's constructions give three - dimensional contemporary form to the illustration on the cover of The Ladder's initial 1956 issue, which depicts two figures gazing up at a runged ladder reaching into the clouds.

«The philosophy of our people is that we regard the earth as the human body; that stone is our bone, water is our blood, land is our flesh and forest is our hair and our arteries.

These accidents happen when there is contact between any part of the human body with a high enough level of electrical current to penetrate through skin and hair.