Could a beard provide a function beyond just looking great?

In this podcast, we speak to Dr. David Carrier, Comparative Biomechanist and Professor of Biology at the University of Utah, about his article investigating the evolutionary reasons men grow beards and whether it could be because they once provided a hairy shock absorber for unwanted impacts.

Read the study: https://academic.oup.com/iob/article/doi/10.1093/iob/obaa005/5799080

Explore the attention: https://www.altmetric.com/details.php?citation_id=79862600&src=bookmarklet