A modern Sherlock Holmes can tell the race and sex of an individual with only a few hairs from the head as clues. This novel method of identification is based on the comparative weight of human hairs. Ten pieces of hair, two inches long, from the heads of people of different races were weighed on delicate balances. It was found that the Chinese and Japanese have the heaviest hair—6o per cent heavier than that of the white races. The hair of white races is 60 per cent heavier than that of negroes, while men’s locks are' 18 per cent heavier than those of women.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18466, 18 May 1928, Page 5
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