# "Long head hair" thread in General Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 12, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-head-hair-thread-in-general-questions/690604 "2014-06-12T04:49:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-head-hair-thread-in-general-questions/690604/1 "2014-06-12T04:49:34Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-head-hair-thread-in-general-questions/690604/2 "2014-06-12T04:58:41Z")
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](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=725399)), 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. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-head-hair-thread-in-general-questions/690604/3 "2014-06-12T05:09:46Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > 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](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=725399)), 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? ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-head-hair-thread-in-general-questions/690604/4 "2014-06-12T06:29:35Z")
Yes I started it. I thought it included some insightful content including a link to one of Cecil’s answers. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-head-hair-thread-in-general-questions/690604/5 "2014-06-12T06:38:28Z")
You might want to PM a mod, then, and ask what the story is. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-head-hair-thread-in-general-questions/690604/6 "2014-06-12T07:34:59Z")
Ok I tried… ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-head-hair-thread-in-general-questions/690604/7 "2014-06-12T07:42:08Z")
Google has some good matches on the topic: Why doesn’t body hair grow as long as the hair on you head? > **[Why doesn't body hair grow as long as the hair on you head?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=546803)** > > If you don’t get a haircut, your hair will continue to grow longer and longer over time (let’s leave going bald out of it). If you’re a male and don’t shave, your beard will continue to grow longer and longer. But if you don’t shave the hair on... How come we have hair on our heads? > **[How come we have hair on our heads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=432406)** > > Naked ape talking here. I understand hair on you genitals and under your ams. As they are particularly hot and sweaty places. (Which can be combated with frequent showers and deoderant) But why did we lose all our hair except for the aformention... Why did humans evolve long hair? > **[Why did humans evolve long hair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=109048)** > > Hi, I’m not attacking the theory of evolution - I’m not a creationist any more. Anyway, people’s body hair is generally thinner and less pigmented than apes body hair. But what about head hair? What is the survival advantage of having some hair that... The evolution of hair > **[The evolution of hair](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=92170)** > > Why does (some) human hair grow indefinitely? Cecil kind of answered this question in one of his columns that I’m too lazy to look up right now – his answer was “to put bows in,” the idea being that having long hair allowed humans to make themselves... Whats with hair??? > **[Whats with hair???](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=240031)** > > I dont really know if this had been asked before but here it goes: Why do we have hair? For the head hair, well atleast they say it protects us from heat or some sort of radiation from the sun (or does it?), they also say that it helps keep the... Why does head hair grow indefinitely… > **[Why does head hair grow indefinitely...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=634562)** > > Why does head hair grow indefinitely but other body hair doesn’t? Cecil does a little smoke and mirrors routine in this column I think. Sure, he corrected the ‘scalp hair grows indefinitely’ misstatement, but dodges the main question of why scalp... Long hair a human-only trait? > **[Long hair a human-only trait?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=489719)** > > The hair on our heads grows quite long, as does male facial hair, and when trimmed it keeps growing back. Is this a strictly human trait? Any theories as to why our hair grows long besides the one about us once being aquatic and the hair gave our... ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-head-hair-thread-in-general-questions/690604/8 "2014-06-12T10:30:51Z")
Weird - it’s also disappeared from my own Find All Posts By… list. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-head-hair-thread-in-general-questions/690604/9 "2014-06-12T10:52:47Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-head-hair-thread-in-general-questions/690604/10 "2014-06-12T11:03:37Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-head-hair-thread-in-general-questions/690604/11 "2014-06-12T11:04:47Z")
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… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-head-hair-thread-in-general-questions/690604/12 "2014-06-12T14:23:48Z")
It’s back and active in GQ – hopefully whoever moved it will be along to explain. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-head-hair-thread-in-general-questions/690604/13 "2014-06-12T14:25:09Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-head-hair-thread-in-general-questions/690604/14 "2014-06-12T15:20:16Z")
how did I know it would be Marley23? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-head-hair-thread-in-general-questions/690604/15 "2014-06-13T03:20:04Z")
> [@simster](#): > > 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.