The Perelman School of Medicine’s Sarah Millar discussed human hair growth patterns. Millar said, of a recently discovered inhibitor protein, “Dkk2 is enough to prevent hair from growing but not to get rid of all control mechanisms. There’s a lot more to look at.”
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-did-humans-evolve-lose-fur-180970980/ Smithsonian Magazine