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Another way in which humans are different from other primates is in having a largely hairless body, along with a very efficient set of sweat glands that allow the regulation of body temperature, as opposed to panting, like many other mammals. Humans are the only primate species that has mostly naked skin. However, scientists are still trying to find out which hominins were the first to have lost their body hair. If the advantage of naked skin was the ability to regulate body temperature in the open environment of the savannah, in contrast to the more shaded forests where apes live, then our naked skin may have evolved million years ago.