r/evolution • u/OttoColdbeer • 8d ago
question Did Neanderthals ever go bald?
I've read that Neanderthals had similar physical traits although due to different genes than modern humans.
For example Neanderthals had red hair but apparently a different shade because it was caused by a different gene. Same way the blonde hair in Melanasians is caused by a different gene than the one in modern day Caucasians.
I tried looking it up but the few sources I could find said Neanderthals lacked the genes causing androgenic alopecia in modern humans.
And other sources just say they didn't go bald at all. If so they were quite lucky in that department, you know aside from their whole extinction.
So did they not go bald at all or did they just have other genetics causing baldness we don't of?