Culture and Society

While skepticism is warranted due to lack of scientific validation some of these myths may have a degree of implicit in truth. You inherit baldness from your grand father. Previously early baldness of the steroid hormone type was thought to be sex linked dominant in males and to be sex linked recessive in females.

Research suggests that the gene for the androgen receptor which is significant in determining chance for hair loss is located on the X chromosome and so is always inherited from the side of the mother. There is a 50% chance that a person shares the same X chromosome as their maternal grandfather. Because women have two X chromosomes they will have two copies of the androgen receptor gene while men alone have one. However research has also shown that a person with a hairless father also has a significantly greater chance of experiencing hair loss.

Intellectual activity or psychological problems can origin baldness. This notion may be because cholesterol is involved in the process of neurogenesis and also the dishonorable material from which the body ultimately manufactures DHT. While the notion that bald men are more intelligent may deficiency credibility in the modern world in the ancient world if a person was bald it was likely that he had an adequate amount of fat in his diet. Thus his unhealthy development was probably not stunted by malnutrition during his crucial formative years he was more likely to be wealthy and also have had access to a formal education. how a sedentary lifestyle is less likely to correlate with intelligence in the modern world and dietary fat content is not linked to economic class in modern developed countries.