Hi the General Questions thread about possible explanations for the evolution of long head hair has disappeared. The latest post on it was maybe 2 days ago but when I search for it I can’t find anything.
A Google search:
long head hair site:boards.straightdope.com/sdmb
finds the thread (Possible benefit for long head hair on humans? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board), but clicking on the link leads to a message that i don’t have permission to see the page. I’m guessing the thread was started by a sock or a spammer, and has been deleted.
I thought that thread was started by our esteemed OP here?
Yes I started it. I thought it included some insightful content including a link to one of Cecil’s answers.
You might want to PM a mod, then, and ask what the story is.
Ok I tried…
Google has some good matches on the topic:
Why doesn’t body hair grow as long as the hair on you head?
How come we have hair on our heads?
Why did humans evolve long hair?
The evolution of hair
Whats with hair???
Why does head hair grow indefinitely…
Long hair a human-only trait?
Weird - it’s also disappeared from my own Find All Posts By… list.
Huh. I read through responses in that thread a couple-three days ago and thought it was interesting. I don’t have “permission” to see it now, either. Did it take a dark turn at some point?
The thread was moved into our secret, invisibobble area. I will check with the moderator responsible to find out (a) if it was deliberate or inadvertent, and (b) why. I don’t see anything obvious. Give me a li’l time.
I was reading along, thought it dropped off the front page. But no, it’s gone. Searching for threads started by JohnClay doesn’t show it…
It’s back and active in GQ – hopefully whoever moved it will be along to explain.
I moved the thread. I’m guessing it was directly above or below a spam thread and I clicked on the wrong box by accident. Sorry for the inconvenience, it’s back in GQ now.
how did I know it would be Marley23?
That was just practice. For his next trick, he’s going to move all the rest of the active threads to the invisibobble area.