Hair specimen: Homo sapiens (Human (ethnicity unknown)): Scalp hair from adult human
Most diagnostic features for this species:
1. Scalp hair can be longest of any mammal species, up to 0.5m long (but often cut short) 2. Absent or fragmented medulla
Sample
Description: Scalp hair from adult
Sample origin: Brunner and Coman 1974 "The identification of mammalian hair". Melbourne, Australia: Inkata Press
Hair profile
General shape:
Length (mm): maximum 500
Maximum diameter observed (μm): 110
Colour:
Microscopic features
Citation
Lowe B, Wehi PM. 2017. New Zealand hair identification factsheets: Human (ethnicity unknown): Scalp hair from adult human
www.landcareresearch.co.nz/hair-identification
Accessed: 28 April 2024