Judy Wearing's new book, Anxious and Hairy, takes on a question most people rarely stop to ask: why do humans have hair, and why does it grow where it does? According to a review in New Scientist, the book is an enthusiastic and curious dive into both the evolutionary origins and the cultural meanings of human hair.
The reviewer, Elle Hunt, admits to starting with some scepticism about the project. But she writes that she was ultimately captivated by Wearing's approach. The book apparently moves between biology and social history, exploring how something as seemingly trivial as hair carries deep significance across human experience.
Because there is only one source, there are no contrasting views to compare. The review itself stands as a positive endorsement, suggesting that Anxious and Hairy succeeds in making a familiar part of the body feel strange and worthy of investigation again. For readers interested in why we are the way we are, the book appears to offer a lively and accessible starting point.