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Skin wounds in humans heal nearly three times slower than in other primates

by bikenaga on 5/1/25, 9:28 PM with 7 comments

  • by kazinator on 5/2/25, 4:35 AM

    Living in the wild selects for fast healing, as a an evolutionary fitness function. Wounded individuals that don't heal fast are going to be more prone to deadly infections compared to fast healers.
  • by nyanpasu64 on 5/1/25, 11:06 PM

    Is it possible that fight wounds and surgical wounds have different properties, and surgery results in slower healing?
  • by metalman on 5/1/25, 11:54 PM

    it's just so fucked up that someone is stabing monkeys for science