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The real reason behind goosebumps – EurekAlert
Harvard researchers have discovered that the cells that cause goosebumps are also important for regulating the stem cells that regenerate hair.
In the skin, the muscle that contracts to create goosebumps is necessary to bridge the sympathetic nerve’s conn…
If you’ve ever wondered why we get goosebumps, you’re in good company — so did Charles Darwin, who mused about them in his writings on evolution. Goosebumps might protect animals with thick fur from the cold, but we humans don’t seem to benefit from the reaction much — so why has it been preserved during evolution all this time?
In a new study, Harvard University scientists have discovered the reason: the cell types that cause goosebumps are also important for regulating the stem cells that r…
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