But wait a minute; weren't the woolly mammoths suited to living in a cold climate? They are described as woolly due to their hairy coat, but this is only hair, greaseless hair. To help protect them from the cold, all of today's Arctic mammals have glands that make their hair oily to retain warmth - the mammoths had no such gland. Although thicker, a mammoth's hair is the same as that of elephants, and they live in the tropical regions. Many animals found in equatorial jungles also have thick hair, the tiger being one such example. Anyone still unconvinced could consider this - bones of tigers, rhinoceroses and antelope were found alongside the mammoths, and these are obviously not Arctic creatures.FWIW...
Now to my chores.
Dr. Walt Brown PhD still hass the best explanation for the wooly mammoth extinctions as far as I’m concerned...
Center for Scientific Creation
http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/IntheBeginningTOC.html
actually i agree with you, hair will trap moisture and as it evaporates it will cool, i just like to say hairy a$$ed mammoth! but this doesn’t explain the hairy highlander, i dont have a gland that makes my hair oily but my peoples prefer the colder climes!